What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?”

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

I fly at night, I sleep during the day and you will never see feathers in my wings. 

I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness, yet you cannot express happiness without me. I am always in risk but never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. What am I?

What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?

What word contains 26 letters, but only has three syllables?

Forwards I am heavy. Backwards I am not. What am I?

David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

I make two people out of one. What am I?

What has a thumb and four fingers but is not a hand?

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?