I Change Stature As I Age
I change stature as I age, but my importance does not differ by age. My importance is manifested mostly when with my boss. When we part, I am of no importance.
What am I?
A pencil. It gets shorter with use, but is no less important. Its impact is from the person using the pencil to write or draw. Without them, the pencil is just an idle tool.
Thanks Keller!
Its Own Past Tense
What common verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
Eat (ate).
Keys to Unlock Your Soul
I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?
A piano.
A Mouth On My Head And Eat Everything
I have a mouth on my head and eat everything.
What am I?
A backpack.
Kings And Queens May Cling To Power
Kings and queens may cling to power
and the jester’s got his call
But, as you may all discover,
the common one outranks them all
An ace (in a deck of cards).
One Strand Dangles
One strand dangles.
Two strands twist.
Three or more can
fashion this.
Braids
By Sef Daystrom
On My Own I’m Twenty-Fourth
On my own I’m 24th,
Two of us and I’m 20,
Three of us and I’m 18.
What am I?
The letter X. It is the 24th letter of the alphabet, two Xs in Roman numerals equals twenty and triple x represents adult content, and adulthood is eighteen by law in most countries.
From Plant to Star
What plant becomes the name of a star by removing the first letter, becomes a number without the last letter and becomes a bird if the first and last letters are taken away?
Ivy
VY = VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest known stars
IV = Roman Numeral 4
V = representation of a bird
Take It And You Will Lose
Take it and you will lose or gain more than all others.
Risk.
(found in The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare)