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Nature riddles: sky, water and weather

Twelve riddles about the sky, the weather and the world outside. Ask them on a walk, on the terrace or during a long drive.

  1. I run, but I have no legs.
    I have a mouth, but I never speak.
    I am born in the hills and I end in the sea.

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    A river

  2. I walk beside you all day in the sun.
    Switch off the light and I am gone.

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    Your shadow

  3. You can feel me, but you cannot see me.
    I dry your clothes and turn the windmill.

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    The wind

  4. I float without wings and I cry without eyes.
    When I am dark, carry an umbrella.

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    A cloud

  5. I am a bridge of seven colours that nobody can cross.
    I appear when the sun meets the rain.

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    A rainbow

  6. I speak without a mouth.
    I only repeat what you shout at the hills.

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    An echo

  7. Feed me and I grow.
    Give me a drink and I die.

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    Fire

  8. We come out at night without being called.
    We are lost in the day without being stolen.

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    The stars

  9. I stand on one leg all my life.
    I give shade to travellers and a home to birds.

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    A tree

  10. I am always moving, but I never leave my bed.
    I am salty, and ships ride on my back.

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    The sea

  11. I arrive at night without a sound.
    I leave pearls on the grass, and the morning sun takes them away.

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    Dew

  12. You see me first and you hear me a moment later.
    I live in storm clouds.

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    Lightning

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