But she’d never find them.
They come out and play
When the day’s behind them
Answer: The Stars
Two bodies have I
Though both joined in one.
The stiller I stand,
The stiller I stand,
The faster I run
Answer: A Hourglass
The fiddler and his wife,
The piper and his mother,
Between them ate three half-loaves, three whole loaves and Three-quarters of another
Between them ate three half-loaves, three whole loaves and Three-quarters of another
If each had an equal share, how many loaves did each eat
Answer: One and three-quarter loaves each. The piper is the son of the fiddler and his wife. There are only three people, not four
Two brothers are we
Great burdens we bare,
All day we are bitterly pressed.
Yet this I must say
Great burdens we bare,
All day we are bitterly pressed.
Yet this I must say
We are full all the day
And empty when we go to rest
Answer: Shoes
I saw a fight the other day;
A damsel did begin the fray,
She with her daily friend did meet,
Then standing in the open street,
She gave such hard and steady blows,
He bled ten gallons at the nose;
Yet seemed to neither faint nor fall,
She with her daily friend did meet,
Then standing in the open street,
She gave such hard and steady blows,
He bled ten gallons at the nose;
Yet seemed to neither faint nor fall,
Nor give her any abuse at all
Answer: The Town Water Pump
Old Mother Twitchett has but one eye,
And a long tail which she can let fly,
And every time she goes over a gap
And a long tail which she can let fly,
And every time she goes over a gap
She leaves a bit of her tail in a trap
Answer: A Needle and Thread
A water there is I must pass,
A broader water never was,
And yet of all water I ever see,
A broader water never was,
And yet of all water I ever see,
I pass over with less jeopardy
Answer: Mist
