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I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
a candle
what gets wet while drying
a towel
What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
a chalkboard
What has hands, but can’t clap?
a clock
What has four wheels and flies?
a garbage truck
What question can you never answer yes to?
are you asleep yet?
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
a bank
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
a window
What has words, but never speaks?
a book
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
silence
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
a promise
I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
your shadow
What has legs, but doesn’t walk
a table
What building has the most stories?
the library
I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
fire
What is full of holes but still holds water?
a sponge
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
a barber
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
your breath
What can you catch, but not throw
a cold
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
light
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
the future
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
darkness
What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
a staircase
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
a stamp
People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?
money