1. Terror of the veldt, it brings
Deadly sleep on tiny wings.
2. What speeds around an oval track,
And looks the same forward and back?
3. I'm tall and stiff, I drip and sweat,
But I'm a stalwart guy.
Old-fashioned I may be, and yet
I'll shine until I die.
4. The three favorite letters
Of habitual debtors.
5. The merciful man
Is kindly, and shies
From causing undue pain.
But peel off my skin
And gouge out my eyes,
And not even he would complain.
What am I?
Currently answered:
1
2
3
4. IOU <- by Jo Jo Luv
5.
5 is not a fish; we generally decapitate fish, rather than dig their eyes out. In any case, not even a Buddhist would object to what happens in riddle 5. Good guess, though.
Deadly sleep on tiny wings.
2. What speeds around an oval track,
And looks the same forward and back?
3. I'm tall and stiff, I drip and sweat,
But I'm a stalwart guy.
Old-fashioned I may be, and yet
I'll shine until I die.
4. The three favorite letters
Of habitual debtors.
5. The merciful man
Is kindly, and shies
From causing undue pain.
But peel off my skin
And gouge out my eyes,
And not even he would complain.
What am I?
Currently answered:
1
2
3
4. IOU <- by Jo Jo Luv
5.
5 is not a fish; we generally decapitate fish, rather than dig their eyes out. In any case, not even a Buddhist would object to what happens in riddle 5. Good guess, though.