Happy Halloween! Five riddles await, and none of them is as scary as a surprise knock at the door. Read each one slowly, picture the answer, and see how many you can guess.
Type your answer, one or two words is plenty.
I hang upside down by day and fly by night. My eyes are small, but my hearing is sharp. What am I?
I fly without wings and cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows. What am I?
I am lighter than a feather, yet even the strongest person cannot hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?
I have a head and a tail but no body or legs. What am I?
I begin with T, end with T, and have T inside me. What am I?
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A Tip for Riddles
Riddles describe an everyday object in an unusual way, so picture ordinary things as you read. Ask yourself which words could mean two things. Reading the riddle one line at a time often makes the answer pop out.