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Riddle: The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind. What is it?Answer: A Peacock.
Riddle: The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?Answer: Grapes.
Riddle: There are 2 cops parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they..
Riddle: There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks..
Riddle: There are 50 horses and 50 kings riding along an old dirt road. They came to a peach tree with 50 peaches. Each took one, yet there were..
Riddle: Why is a rose-bud like a promissory note?Answer: It matures by falling dew.
Riddle: There is a certain club which is for men only. There are 600 men who belong to this club and 5% of these men wear one earring. Of the other..
Riddle: How many Easter eggs can you put into an empty basket?Answer: Only one, because after that it is no longer empty.
Riddle: I am your father, but you are not my son. Who are you to me?Answer: My daughter.
Riddle: What has six legs, two heads, four ears, and two hands, but walks on four feet?Answer: A horse and rider.
Riddle: I fly when I am born, lie when I'm alive, and run when I am dead. What am I?Answer: A snowflake.
Riddle: What falls but never breaks? What breaks but never falls?Answer: Night and Day!
Riddle: What kind of jewelry does the Easter bunny wear?Answer: 14-carrot gold!
Riddle: What does no man want, yet no man wants to lose?Answer: His job.
Life
Life is a jest;Take the delight of it.Laughter is best;Sing through the night of it.Swiftly the tearAnd the hurt and the ache of itFind us down..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Motherhood
I wonder if he'll stop to think,When the long years have traveled by,Who heard his plea: 'I want a drink!'Who was the first to hear him cry?I wonder..
© Edgar Albert Guest
What We Need
We were settin' there an' smokin' of our pipes, discussin' things,Like licker, votes for wimmin, an' the totterin'thrones o' kings,When he ups an'..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Life's Canvas
Sunshine and shadow and laughter and tears,These are forever the paints of the years,Splashed on the canvas of life day by day,We are the artists..
© Edgar Albert Guest
When Father Played Baseball
The smell of arnica is strong,And mother's time is spentIn rubbing father's arms and backWith burning liniment.The house is like a druggist's..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Show The Flag
Show the flag and let it waveAs a symbol of the braveLet it float upon the breezeAs a sign for each who seesThat beneath it, where it rides,Loyalty..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Finest Age
When he was only nine months old,And plump and round and pink of cheek,A joy to tickle and to hold,Before he'd even learned to speak,His gentle..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Joy Of A Dog
Ma says no, it's too much careAn' it will scatter germs an' hair,An' it's a nuisance through and through.An' barks when you don't want it to;An'..
© Edgar Albert Guest
A Father's Prayer
Lord, make me tolerant and wise;Incline my ears to hear him through;Let him not stand with downcast eyes,Fearing to trust me and be true.Instruct me..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Old-Fashioned Parents
The good old-fashioned mothers and the good old-fashioned dads,With their good old-fashioned lassies and their good old-fashioned lads,Still walk the..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Riddle: Why was the Easter egg hiding?Answer: It was a little chicken!