"A young man wants to have me, but when he has me he no longer wants me. Blade in hand he attacks me and does his best to remove me. Yet he knows that it is all in vain. What am I?"

"I am always hungry. I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red. What am I?"

"I stand at great heights. The ground shakes when I walk. Beloved of kings and warriors, too. I look old when I am young. What am I?"

"A long snake with a stinging bite. 'I stay coiled up unless I must fight.'"

"What is it you have to answer, but to answer you have to ask, and to ask you have to speak, and to speak you have to know, the answer?"

"If a man carried my burden, he would break his back. I am not rich, but leave silver in my track."

"I live three men's lifetimes, on land or on sea, at peace in either realm. My home goes with me. What am I?"

"My kapa (a type of cloth) log that is always sounding without rest. What is it?"

"Ah! My breath doth shake. My limbs are thin. My belly aches. Whiteness doth crown my head, and the tracks I leave are unsteady where I've led. I look out through rheumy eyes, and seem to say my last goodbyes. The darkness doth draw me near. I lean towards it - the better to hear. What am I?"

"A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid."

"No legs have I to dance. No lungs have I to breath. No life have I to live or die, and yet I do all three. What am I?"

"While I was walking down the road, I saw something all alone; it had four fingers and one thumb, and was neither fish, flesh, fowl or bone. What was it?"

"'I'm a slippery fish in a cloudy sea; neither hook nor spear will capture me.' With your hand you must hunt and seize this fish, to see that it ends up in the dish."

"What has rivers but no water, forests but no trees, and cities but no buildings?"

"This thing runs but cannot walk, sometimes sings but never talks, lacks arms, has hands, lacks a head, but has a face. What is it?"

"I am emeralds and diamonds, lost by the moon. I am found by the sun, and picked up soon."

"Sometimes it glitters, but often not; maybe cold, or maybe hot! Ever changing though the eye can't measure. Concealed within are many treasures. Some find safety beneath its gate, while some may die beneath its weight! Old and broken, it brings forth life. What is it?"

"Two bodies have I, though both joined in one. The stiller I stand, the faster I run."

"My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings. Lords of the earth, their luxury and ease. Another view of man, my second brings. Behold him there, the monarch of the seas! But, ah, united, what reverse we have! Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown; lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave, and woman, lovely woman, reigns alone."

"With no wings, I fly. With no eyes, I see. With no arms, I climb. More frightening than any beast, stronger than any foe. I am cunning, ruthless, and tall. In the end, I rule all."

"I can't hear you, but I can touch you. You can feel me, but you can't see me. I can't see you, but I can kill you. You can't kill me, but you can hear me. What am I?"

"My life is usually measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. But whether thin or fat, the wind is my foe. What am I?"

"I am nothing really at all, yet I am easily found. Ignore me at your own peril, and you might end up crowned!"

"We are few to the wise, we are abundant to the drunken, we can calm the beast and are precious to the child, we can devour the heart, without piercing the skin. What are we?"