1. Children
   Pets
2. The Devil
   Silence

When you say the word silence, you are speaking. Where there is any kind of noise, silence disappears.

1. 1
   5
2. 12
   97

There is a second day of every month in the year. That is why there are 12 seconds.

1. Time
   Religion
2. Your heart
   Dinner

Broken hearts still beat. Hearts can also be snared and should never be lost.

1. Time
   Fire
2. Wind
   Death

Time cannot be known unless it's measured. It also is described as flying.

1. Warmth
   Walls
2. The letter "r"
   The letter "e"

The letter "r" appears twice in the word corner. It is in the word room once and not in the word house at all.

1. Director
   Plaster
2. Mummies
   Actor

Actors make up casts, but casts are made from plaster. This is what makes it a trick. The questions asks "what" and not "who."

1. Money
   Presents
2. Promises
   Fruit

When you make a promise to someone else, the phrasing often used is that you better keep it. Even though technically you have given someone your word, you must still keep it.

1. Clouds
   Eggs
2. Wisdom
   Raccoons

The gold in this riddle refers to the yolks of eggs. You cannot get this yolk unless you break open the egg.

1. Cavity
   Short
2. Rice
   Spaghetti

Short, as a word, becomes longer when it becomes "shorter." However, the meaning is literally shorter.

1. straight
   capital
2. in the middle of water
   uncommon

Islands are surrounded by water on all sides. The letter T also can be found in the middle of the word "water."

1. Lust
   Sky
2. Wind
   Wealth

Wind is air currents. It is invisible and can't be caught, but can be heard rustling things and whistling.

1. A dog
   A bottle
2. A teacher
   A worm

Bottles have necks, but no heads. They also have caps on top.

1. TV
   An anchor
2. A diploma
   Lice

Anchors are thrown into the sea when they are being used. When not in use, they are pulled back onto the decks of boats.

1. A
   X
2. D
   M

This sequence contains the first letter of every month of the year. A is missing because April is missing.

1. 1
   5
2. 7
   8

The number 7 is spelled "seven." If you take away the letter "s" it becomes "even."

1. 1
   0
2. 2
   3

If you take away 3 apples then you have 3 apples. How many there were to start does not affect this.

1. 0
   5
2. 13
   1

This is a tricky one. Once you put one lime in a basket, the basket is no longer empty.

1. Misery
   Encore
2. Envelope
   East

Envelope begins and ends with "e." They also contain a letter, a written one, each.

1. A child
   A parrot
2. A bed
   A cane

A bed has four legs, but only one foot. It also has a head.

1. A plane
   A stamp
2. A phone
   A tree

Stamps are put in the corner of letters. Once there, they can be sent anywhere in the world.

1. A man
   Dinner
2. A candle
   A book

Candles disappear as they are used. Thin candles burn quickly, fat candles burn slowly, and the wind blows them out.

1. Fur
   Puffer
2. Paint
   Butter

Paint is applied in coats. These always go on wet and must dry.

1. A deck of playing cards
   A worm
2. A king
   A banker

Hearts are one of the suits in a deck of cards. This is why it has hearts, but no other organs.

1. Gold
   Nothing
2. Love
   Celery

Poor people have nothing. Rich people need nothing. If you eat nothing, you die.

1. God
   The letter "E"
2. Life
   Pairs

The letter "e" is the beginning of the word "end." It also ends the words "time" and "space."

1. A storm
   A river
2. Age
   Math

Rivers are described as running, but never walking. They also have features described as mouths, but do not eat.

1. the letter "x"
   birthdays
2. time
   the letter "n"

The letter "n" is in both seasons and centuries. It is not in the words days or years.

1. comfort
   darkness
2. peace
   gems

The more darkness is around you, the less you can see. It is impossible to see in complete darkness.

1. Night
   Milk
2. Charcoal
   Plans

Charcoal is initially black. It is red when it is burned and turns white when it's used up.

1. Fire
   Light
2. Steak
   Tables

Fire must always be fed in order for it to continue burning. It could be described as always hungry.

1. An echo
   Pain
2. Music
   Fire

Echoes are heard when sound bounces off surfaces and repeats. They only occur after you make noise.

1. Darkness
   Sand
2. Literature
   Hammers

If sand gets in your eyes, it can blind you. However, the lenses of eyeglasses which help others see are also made of sand.

1. through it
   halfway
2. he can't
   a few feet

The fox can only run halfway into the meadow. After it reaches the halfway point, it will be running out of the meadow.

1. Prayer
   Piano
2. Wind
   Beer

A piano has keys, but no locks. The music made with a piano can touch your soul.

1. A towel
   The bus
2. A diploma
   Paint

Towels absorb water and liquids. As they dry other things, they get wetter.