Here are some classic riddles from Tolkien's "Hobbit" to get you thinking about your What am I writing.
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down. [Time]
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down. [Time]
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows? [Mountain]
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows? [Mountain]
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter. [Dark]
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter. [Dark]
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