Take Off My Clothes, Puts Its On
When I take off my clothes, it puts on its clothes.
When I put on my clothes, it takes off its clothes.
A clothes hanger.
I Appear In The Morning But Am Always There
I appear in the morning but am always there.
You can never see me though I am everywhere.
By night I am gone, though I sometimes never was.
Nothing can defeat me but I am easily gone.
What am I?
Sunlight.
Never Dies Or Gets Worn Out
What is deep within you, never dies or gets worn out, and only needs some fire from time to time?
Your soul. Your soul is deep inside of you, it never dies and at various points in our lives we all get fired up about something.
A Word That Has No End
I’m a five-letter word that has no end, Commit a sin? One through three can amend, One, four and five are something alive, Two and three occur near to thee.
What am I?
Abyss. aby is an archaic word meaning to pay the penalty for. An ass, otherwise known as a donkey, is alive and “by” is another way of saying near to you.
Two Words Is My Answer
Two words is my answer. In order to keep me, you have to give me. What am I?
Your word.
How Old Is The Shepherd?
There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock.
How old is the shepherd?
You can’t determine the answer.
I debated adding this riddle because it is less of a riddle and more of an illustration of how kids are (or are not) being taught to think for themselves. But after reading how kids feel the need to make up an answer without understanding why, I thought this could be a good reminder for all of us to exercise our critical thinking skills.
(via Student Voices)