I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
A shadow.
I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I’m rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?
A tree.
I went into the woods…
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No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
Silence.
A secret.
A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?
Suicide.
Coup d’etat.
You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?
An onion…
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I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?
A shoe.
Throw it off the highest building, and I’ll not break. But put me in the ocean…
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I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
A sponge.
Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
Fire.
The man who invented it doesn’t want it. The…
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What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
A nose.
What’s black and white and red all over?
An embarrassed skunk.
A zebra painted red.
A sunburned penguin.
A newspaper.
What goes around the world…
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