More Riddles
Once again these belong to J.R.R. Tolkien; I just love them.
1) This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
and beats high mountain down.
2) It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
3) Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
4) What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
1) This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
and beats high mountain down.
2) It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
3) Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
4) What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
posted by Mr Fahrenheit at
5:33 PM
10 Comments:
The only one I have a guess on is 1and my guess is time
1. time
2. darkness
3. wind
4. mountain
first comes time! then darkness!! followed by wind & mountains!
MILO says...
1) LAVA
2)DARKNESS
3)WIND
5)STAIRS (thier is no certainty as to where of from whom they derive, so it has roots as nobody see's)
I'm Glad That people like anonymous like kill everyone's fun by going to the internet and looking up answers to jrr tolkeins riddles
I meant the anonymous below my first comment
hey i was the first one to post those. you little coppy-cat
Hey I didn't look up the answers on the internet; I just read the book.
I would say the answers, having read the book and therefore knowing the answers, but that would be cheating I suppose. . .
you can see dark, like when you see your shadow... idiots
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