Short Riddles

Short riddles with answers are most often just one or two sentences long. But don’t be fooled, these short riddles could be very tricky as well.

Never Ahead

Never ahead, ever behind, yet flying swiftly past; for a child, I last forever; for an adult, I’m gone too fast. What am I?

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Up and Down

What goes up and down the stairs without moving?

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They Belong to Me

They belong to me, they belong to you, they can make you feel happy or make you feel blue, they never end until the day you do?

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Hundred Arms, Thousand Fingers

A hundred arms, a thousand fingers, but it has no eyes to see where it lingers. What is it?

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Used to Bat With

I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet I am never thrown. What am I?

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