| You may find fire within me Though to water I’ve been compared. You may also find a twinkle When through my pane, you stare. When of wind I am the calm You may look into me The riddle in three parts Who am I? |
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| A group of four prisoners were held captive by the enemy and all of them were to be shot, one each day through the week. As natural disasters were common in this specific part of the world, the group of prisoners decided to make up a plan of distracting the guards. Before each prisoner would be shot, he would shout out a natural disaster, which would cause chaos and distract everyone to give enough time for that prisoner to escape. As three days passed, the first three prisoners escaped by shouting out their chosen natural disasters and running away, however the final prisoner shouted out a disaster and was shot dead on the spot.
What was the natural disaster, he shouted? |
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| All answers end in sting, and the whole word is obtained in the clues below.
eg: A sting that cures fatigue 1. A sting that cures hunger |
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| My first is in riddle, but not in little. My second is in think, but not in brink. My third is in thyme, but not in time. My fourth is in mother, but not in brother. My last is in time, but not in climb. What am I? |
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| Simple, nearly beyond compare.
He is noble. He is rare. He makes you squeak! Quiescent! Light! Bright colored things He brings to flight! For all of that (so we are told) He can be amazingly cold. Who is He? |
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