FIVE RHYMING RIDDLES

1. In life I'm clothed in yellow

       array.

    In death I turn white and fly

       away.

 

2. Zero to 150 in less than a second,

    An aspect of you I'm built to reckon.

 

3. My first is in OCEAN, but not in SEA,

    My second in WASP, but not in BEE.

    My third is in both GLIDER and FLIGHT,

    My whole a creature of the night.

 

4. He enters though he never knocks,

    We love him though he never talks. 

 

5. Wrote the pilot to his mom,

    "I am off to drop a bomb.

    This is what I have to do.

    Will it bring you fame or shame?

    Every one will know your name."

 

Answers:

 

1. Dandelion

2. A bathroom scale

3. An owl

4. A dog or cat

5. Enola Gay (Tibbets)

 

Credit:

5: The Enigma

    December, 2025

    WRYBOSH