RIDDLES ABOUT ANIMALS AND BIRDS I met a creature on the road; On its back it had a load.

It wasn't an ass and it wasn't a cow, Though two horns grew on its brow. ( snail.) I am found on land and in sea, Yet I neither walk nor swim. I travel by foot, but have no toes. No matter where I roam, I'm never away from home. hat am I! ( snail.) ho carries his house with him! ( snail.) hat we caught we threw away; what we didn't catch, we ke"t. (Lice.) #e is not a tailor, but carries needles with him. ( hedgehog.) $ittle %illy %reek &its by the reek, #e has more horns Than all the king's shee". ( hedgehog.) There came a "oultry'maid in a red coat to count the "oultry. ( fox.) I am orange, I live in the forest. I can walk, run and (um". I cannot fly, I cannot swim. I like hares. hat am I! ( fox.) The animal that has a red bushy tail is ... .

( fox.) I am red and I have a fine tail. I live in the forest. I like meat. ( fox.) It looks like a big dog. It is grey and it has got big teeth. (A wolf.) I am a little red animal )s busy as can be, I'm gathering some acorns *or winter food for me. (A squirrel.) I've got a long bushy tail, Two bright little eyes. I gather u" acorns. I'm "retty and wise. (A squirrel.) I have a bushy tail. &ometimes I am grey and sometimes I am red. I like nuts. hat am I! (A squirrel.) I'm little. I'm grey. +y nose is short. +y tail is long. I'm ... . (A mouse.) ho is born with whiskers! ( kitten.) hat is that which a cat has, but no other animal! ( kitten.) hat is it that looks like a cat, eats like a cat, walks like a cat, but still is not a cat! ( kitten.) *urry and "urry with long whiskers. ( cat.) I've whiskers,

I'm frisky. hisk, little mice, $est I should catch you, -lease stroke my back, I'll "urr and won't scratch you. ( cat.) I am not a kitten, but my children are. hat am I! ( cat.) I've got four legs. +y nose is "ink. I'm afraid of dogs. I like fish and milk. ( cat.) hen is it the worst weather for rats and hares! (When it rains cats and dogs.) hy is a mouse like hay! (Because the cat'll eat it.)
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One nods its head as it climbs u"hill. One runs downhill like a stream. One is taller when he sits than when he stands. One washes her face, but does not comb her hair. ( horse, a snake, a dog, a cat.) &ee, see, hat shall I see! ) horse's head where his tail should be. (A mare, tied for a tail to the manger.) hat always goes to slee" wearing its shoes! (A horse.) +y long, thin legs are good and fast, I like to gallo" and to run. Oh, yes, I think it is great fun. (A horse.)

hy is a dog's tail like the centre of a tree! (Because it is farthest awa from the !ark.)
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I live in the house or in the street. &ometimes I am small, but sometimes I am big. If you hear H%ow'wowI, you know it's me. hat am I! (A dog.) I can catch a frog. I can slee" like a log. I can find your sock. +y name is ... . (A dog.) I've got four legs. I like bones and meat. I can (um" and swim, but I can't read. (A watchdog.) #e doesn't s"eak, Nor does he sing, Nor at the door'bell Jive a ring, %ut still he lets #is master know ho wants to see him, *riend or foe. (A dog.) hat animal slee"s all the winter with its head hanging down! ( !at.) It's grey, but it's not a wolf, $ong'cared, but not a hare, ith hoofs, but not a horse. hat is it! (An ass, a donke .) It is grey or white. It likes to eat carrots and cabbage. It can run and (um". hat is it! (A hare.)

hat key is it hardest to turn! (A don"ke .) The animal that is very timid and is afraid of everything is ... . (A hare.) I live in a hole, Kark and warm, &afe from the rain, &now and storm. I've got a grey coat )nd two furry ears. I'm very Luick )nd full of fears. (A hare.) hich animals have their eyes closest together! (#he smallest ones.) The animal that slee"s all winter in a den is ... . (A !ear.) It is brown. It has got four legs. It slee"s in winter. hat is it! (A !ear.) The water in the sea is cold, It is as cold as ice, %ut I am not afraid at all< +y coat is warm and nice. (A white !ear.) The animal that has a beautiful yellow skin with black stri"es is ... . (A tiger.) It is an animal that has beautiful yellow and black stri"es and a long tail. It is orange. (A tiger.)

It looks like a big cat. It has got stri"es and a long tail. It lives in India. )nd it can run very fast. (A tiger.) ho has yellow eyes and stri"ed fur! (A tiger.) There is an animal that has a beautiful yellow skin with black stri"es on it. It is a very fierce wild animal. It lives in hot countries. (A tiger.) The animal that has a "ouch in which she carries her babies is ... . (A kangaroo.) I live at the Moo. I've got four legs %ut (um" on two. I've got a little kid )nd a big bag, too. (A kangaroo.) The animal who can go without food and water for a long time is ... . (A camel.) The animal that has a horn on its nose is ... (A rhinoceros.) It is a bird, but it can't fly. (An ostrich.) hat bird can you find in )frica that has wings but cannot fly! (An ostrich.) The animal that has a beautiful white skin with black stri"es is ... (A $e!ra.) It has a long neck and long legs, and eats leaves from the trees. (A giraffe.) ho has the longest neck!

(A giraffe.) The animal that can hang by its long tail is ... . (A monke .) ) very funny animal which runs very Luickly. It can hang by its tail. (A monke .) I am a very funny animal. I can run, (um", walk. I cannot fly. I live in )frica. hat am I! (A monke .) The animal that has a long trunk is ... . (An ele%hant.) I am big and I am strong )nd my trunk is very long. (An ele%hant.) I'm gray and I'm very big. I live in the (ungle, but you can also find me at the Noo or in the circus. I don't eat meat. I like vegetables, leaves, grass and fruit. (An ele%hant.) It lives in )frica and India. It's very strong, )nd it can lift a ton. (An ele%hant.) The animal that has long hair around its neck is ... . (A lion.) +y "aws are big and strong, +y tail is very long, +y mane is fine and thick, )nd I am very big. (A lion.) It looks like a big cat. It lives in )frica. It can run very fast. )nd it has a very long tail. (A lion.)

ho is the king of the animals! (A lion.) hy are crows brave! (Because the ne&er show the white feather.)
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hy do five'day'old chicks walk across the road! (#o get to the other side.) hen does a goose look like a snowball! (When it looks round.) Not a horseman, but wears s"urs. Not a watchman, but wakes "eo"le u". hat is it! ( cock.) #orn from a bone, ) beard from flesh. (A cock.) +y friend is a man, +y wife is a hen, +y child is a chick. ho am I! &ay Luick, ( cock.) Parly at dawn he's the first to awake, )nd a terrible sound he's ready to make. This shrill, alarming, deafening sound )rouses from slee" everybody around In the distance this sound dies away, Qshering in another new day. (A rooster.) &"urs on his boots, #e's ready to fight, &inging his war'songs

%y day, not by night. (A rooster.) Name two animals which have four legs. (#wo hens.) I have a little house in which I live all alone. +y house has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. hat am I! (A chicken in an egg.) )s I was walking in a field of wheat, I "icked u" something good to eat; Neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor bone, I ke"t it till it ran alone. (An egg, a chicken.) In a white room There is no door, There is no window, There is no floor, )nd this white room #as only one wall; )nd in this room There is a round yellow ball. (An egg.) hat is white outside and yellow inside! (An egg.) You may boil it, You may shell it, Kress with it ) tasty salad, %ut if left Qnder a cluck, It becomes ) chick Ror duckS. (An egg.)

) boT without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid. (An egg.) It is silver outside and golden inside. (An egg) In marble halls as white as milk, $ined with a skin as soft as silk, ithin a fountain crystal'clear, ) golden a""le doth a""ear. No doors there are to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in and steal the gold. (An egg.) hat is white and has a chick inside! (An egg.) ) nice thin wall, )s white as milk, The curtain drawn, )s soft as silk; &omebody came )nd broke the wall, )nd soon he saw ) golden ball. (An egg.) There stood a house, all marble'white. One day there was a knock inside. %roke down those walls of marble, Out s"rang a yellow marvel. (A chick.) ebbed red feet, ) neck on hinges, ith its bill It sometimes "inches. (A goose.)

) little fellow Kresses in grey, #o"s here and there )nd never goes away. ( s%arrow.) It slee"s in the daytime, it flies at night and frightens "assers'by. (An owl.) I slee" all day. I wake u" at night. I call UTa'tooo...V Till morning light. (An owl.) hat bird has eyes as big as saucers, but it cannot see well! (An owl.) There hangs a sieve, made by no man's hands. ( we!.) ) clever workman who builds a house without a brick or beam. Its snow'white walls have no windows and doors, but can be "ulled down and made into clothes. ( silkworm.) hy is a cater"illar like hot toast! ('t's the gru! that makes the !utter fl(.)
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This bird has a long shar" nose. hen it fAies, it sings. hen it lands, it stings. ( gnat.) I can (um". I can sing. I can "lay the violin. (A grassho%%er.) Irritating all around

ith its tiresome buNNing sound, It flies, restless, all day long, %ut at night it dro"s its song. (A fl .) I am not a bird, but I have wings. I can fly hat am I! (A fl or a !utterfl .) The "etals of this flower *luttered in the wind, %ut when I bent to "ick it, It suddenly took wing. (A !utterfl .) #e makes nets D )nd what's more D Never fishes. Then what for! (A s%ider.) In the meadow Yich in flowers There it works *or hours and hours, %uNNing songs. It likes to sing. Kon't disturb it, It may sting, (A !ee.) It takes hours when it goes. (A turtle.) ho is the slowest of all! (A turtle) It gives us milk. )nd butter too. It's very kind

)nd likes to moo. (A cow.) It is a big animal. It eats grass. It gives milk. hat is it! (A cow.) I live in the river. I am not a fish. I (um" in the field. I am not a rabbit. I have a green coat. I am not a bird. I slee" in the daytime. I am not an owl. I come out of an egg. I am not a chick. hat am I! (A frog.) %andy legs )nd Ja"e'a'grin, I'm lea"ing In the green. +idges, gnats, Kon't try your fate, &tay away Pach time I ga"e. (A frog.) It is a green animal. It can swim and (um". It likes to eat flies. hat is it! (A frog.) I am green. I can (um". I can swim. I cannot fly. I live in water. hat am I! (A frog.) The strangest creature you'll ever find< Two eyes in front and many many more behind. (A lad !ird.) Thousands lay u" gold within this house, %ut no man made it. &"ears "ast counting guard this house,

%ut no man wards it. (A !eehi&e.)

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)live without breath, )s cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, )ll in mail, never clinking. (A fish.) The father and the mother, and all their little kids ear dresses made of silver coins or little silver lids. (A fish.) It has wings, but it cannot fly. ithout legs, it moves swiftly. Ko you know why! (A fish.) I can siNNle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have "lenty of backbone, %ut lack a good leg. I "eel layers like onions, %ut still remain whole; I can be long like a flag"ole, Yet fit in a hole. hat am I! (A snake.) It is green and big. It lives in the water. )nd likes meat. (A crocodile.)