FROM ALICE IN WONDERLAND:
1 Rearrange the letters of NOR DO WE to make one word.
2. First, the fish must be caught.'
That is easy: a baby, I think, could have
caught it.
'Next, the fish must be bought.' That is easy: a penny, I think, would have
bought it.
'Now cook me the fish!'
That is easy, and will not take more than a minute.
'Let it lie in a dish!'
That is easy, because it already is in it.
'Bring it here! Let me sup!'
It is easy to set such a dish on the table.
'Take the dish-cover up!'
Ah, that is so hard that I fear I'm unable!
For it holds like glue-
Holds the lid to the dish, while it lies in the
middle:
Which is easiest to do,
Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the
riddle?
Other RIDDLES:
3. If I say "Everything I tell you is a lie," am I telling you the truth or a lie?
4. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
5. Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?
6. Who Got Wet? An elephant, a giraffe, a monkey and a cat were standing under an umbrella.
Who got wet?
7. I have a friend that's always close, but I've never seen him. He knows what I'm thinking but we've never spoken. What am I?
Answers:
1. ONE WORD.
2. An oyster. A baby can pick it up from an oyster bed, a penny would buy one in Carroll's day, it cooks quickly, it lies in its own dish, it is easily placed on the table, but the "dish-cover" is hard to raise because it is held to the dish by the oyster in the middle.
The White Queen tells alice this riddle in Through the Looking Glass. The riddle is never answered in the book.
3.A lie. It can't be the truth without contradicting itself (and therefore being a lie), but some of my statements can be lies, and this is one of those statements.
4. Queue
5. Seven. The four daughters have only one brother, making five children, plus mom and dad.
6. No one! I didn't say it was raining!
EDIT: I DIDN'T PROVIDE THE ANSWERS, THE LINKS BELOW PROVIDED THE ANSWERS.
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