I'm tall when I'm young. I'm short when I'm old.
What am I?
(candle, tree)
candle
You go at red, but stop at green.
(car, watermelon)
watermelon
Not a bird, but I fly. Not a river, but I'm full of water.
What am I?
(plane, cloud)
cloud
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. what am I?
(bank, mountain)
bank
Until I'm measured, I'm not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I?
(bird, time)
time
You can only use me when I'm broken. What am I?
(egg, piggy bank)
egg
I get a new ring every year, but they're not worth much. They will tell you how old I am.
What am I?
(onion, tree)
tree
You hear me once, then again, when I fade until called. What am I?
(echo, parrot)
echo
A season for crops. Remove the first three letters. I become clothing. What am I?
(harvest, summer)
harvest
I am a ring, but I'm square. What am I?
(coin, boxing ring, doughnut, Ferris wheel)
boxing ring
I have a head and I have a tail, but my eyes can never see my tail. What am I?
(coin, tadpole, snake, comet)
coin
I arrive at night and vanish with the sun. I look small but hold great power. What am I?
(shadows, dreams, fireflies, stars)
stars
I'm lighter than what I am made of. You see a part of me, but more is hidden. What am I?
(balloon, sponge, ghost, iceberg)
iceberg
I am a fruit with a seed on the outside. What am I?
(pomegranate, strawberry, raspberry, fig)
strawberry
(snow, panda, chalkboard, eraser)
chalkboard
I build castles but crumble in your hands. I help you see and cover the land. What am I?
(sand, ice, dust, fog)
sand
I have two eyes in my head and many eyes on my tail. What am I?
(fish, peacock, butterfly, chameleon)
peacock
The faster you run, the harder it is to catch me. What am I?
(shadow, wind, breath, rabbit)
breath
Though I am only two words, I have thousands of letters in me. What am I?
(mailbox, envelope, post office, library)
post office
The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I?
(darkness, silence, wall, shadow)
darkness