RIDDLE BY ELYSHA

11 years old/Sellers Elementary School/Glendora, CA

Published in Scholastic Magazine

First think of a person who lives in disguise,

Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies;

Next tell me what's always the last thing to mend,

The middle of middle and end of the end.

And finally give me the sound often heard

During the search for a hard-to-find word.

Now string them together and answer me this:

What creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

Answer:

spy + d + er = spider