What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes
And yet never grows?


Answer= A mountain






Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.


Answer= Teeth






Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.


Answer= The Wind






An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face,
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place,
Not in high place."


Answer= The Sun on Daisys






It cannot be seen, cannot be felt
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.


Answer= The dark






A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.


Answer= An egg






Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail, never clinking.


Answer= A fish






No-legs lay on one-leg,
Two-legs sat near on three-legs,
four legs got some.


Answer= A fish on a small table,
        a man on a stool nearby,
       and the cat got the bones.






This thing all things devours:
Birds, trees, beasts, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.


Answer= Time

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