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riddles for grade 3

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    riddles for 3rd grade
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  • what is tall when it is young but short when its old?
    a candle
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  • What is full of holes but still holds water?
    a sponge
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  • What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
    the future
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  • There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
    There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
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  • What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
    a secret
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  • What goes up but never comes down?
    your age
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  • What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
    echoing noise
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  • The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
    darkness
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  • David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
    David
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  • What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
    piano
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  • What gets bigger when more is taken away?
    a hole
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  • I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
    breadth
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  • What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
    staircase
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  • It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
    your name
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  • What has hands, but can’t clap?
    a clock
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  • What can you catch, but not throw?
    cold
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