FIVE RHYMING RIDDLES

1)

I am but a little letter,

Yet great messages may I bear;

If you take my tail,

You make an alteration to my lot:

Then you may truly say I'm shorter and I'm not.

2)

Tear one off and scratch my head,

What once was red is black instead.

3)

It has a tongue, but never talks,

It has no legs, but always walks.

4)

I'm made of wood and completely dead,

Encased in a wooden tomb;

Nevertheless, you cut off my head,

While I help your ideas to bloom.

5)

Shiny silver or sometimes white,

I stem the surge with all my might;

Burnished brass or even gold,

Take your choice - hot or cold.

I can also go the other way,

But now for my service you have to pay.

From morning light to night's return,

My life is full of twists and turns.

Answers:

1. Note/not

2. A match in a matchbook

3. Shoe

4. Pencil

5. Bath or kitchen water faucet