MEDIUM RIDDLES

I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?

What do you call a bear with no teeth?

I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?

I may be simple, I may be complex; I may have a name, but no gender or sex; I am often a question, or statements as a setup; I tend to have an answer, 'til you find it I won't let up. What am I?

A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?

What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?

How do caterpillars swim laps?

What boy wizard magically grew a beard each night?

What has toes but no feet or legs?