developing_writing

CHAPTER ELEVEN
RIDDLES
A: What is full of holes, and holds water?
B:
A sponge.
A: Who shaves many times a day, and still has a beard?
B:
A barber.
A: What is full at night and empty in the daytime?
B:
A bed.
A: When is a piece of wood like a king?
B:
ruler.
a
is
it
When
A: When does water stop running downhill?
B:
bottom.
the
to
gets
it
When
A: Where was Bill when the lights went out?
B:
dark.
the
In
A: Why does a cow wear a bell?
B:
work.
don’t
horns
its
Because
A: Which hand do you use to stir soup—the right hand or the
left hand?
B:
spoon.
a
use
I
one.
Neither
A: How do you catch elephants?
B:
peanut.
a
like
noise
a
make
and
grass
the
in
Hide
A: How many lions can you put in an empty cage?
B:
empty.
not
is
cage
the
that,
After
One.
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