Riddles are fun questions to ask your friends.
They must guess the answers
and will laugh at the funny
results.
Riddles are clever questions that have
a clever answer.
You can find lots of books of riddles
in your public library!
Many of you know what jokes are, so riddles
are similar to jokes.
Here are a few
riddles to start you off:
He has a look of awful
scorn,
And wears his clothes
a funny way,
Waving his hands over
fields of corn,
He keeps the birds away!
Do you know what it
is?
Answer: scarecrow
What kind of can
never needs a can-opener?
Do you know?
Answer: pelican
It goes through an apple,
It points out the way,
It fits in a bow,
Then a target, to stay.
Do you know what it
is?
Answer: arrow
Here on Earth it's always
true,
that a day follows a
day.
But there is a place
where yesterday
always follows today!
Do you know where?
Answer: dictionary
