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Riddle: I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
Answer: Your fingernails.
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Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Answer: The word Ton.
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Riddle: I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. What am I?
Answer: The letter S.
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Riddle: What flowers are kissable?
Answer: Tulips (two-lips).
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A Slender Body

ROD: 03-19-2024

Riddle: A slender body, a tiny eye, no matter what happens, I never cry. What am I?
Answer: A needle.
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Riddle: I run in and out of town all day and night. What am I?
Answer: A road.
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Six Then Twelve

ROD: 03-17-2024

Riddle: I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?
Answer: The word Dozens.
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Riddle: I'm found in socks, scarves, and mittens. I'm found in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Answer: Yarn.
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Riddle: Why is Europe like a frying pan?
Answer: Because it has Greece at the bottom.
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Riddle: What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer: The word is "starting". Remove the middle "T" and you have "staring", Remove the "A" and you get "string", remove the "R" then you have "sting", remove the "T" and you get "sing". Remove the "G", and you get "sin", remove the "S" and you're left with "in",  and finally, remove the "N" and you're left with "I".
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