英語謎語 (十五)

141

Who is he that runs without a leg

With his house on his back?

142

What is it that has four legs

And one back,

Yet can't walk?

143

I come out of the earth,

I am sold in the market.

He who buys me cuts my tail,

Takes off my suit of silk,

And weeps beside me when I am dead.

144

What has teeth

And can't bite?

145

My first letter is twice in apple

But not once in tart.

My second is in liver

But not in heart.

My third is in giant

And also in ghost.

Whole I'm best when t am roast.

146

Four fingers and a thumb,

Yet flesh and blood I have none.

147

Long pole, bushy tail.

What is it?

148

Look in my face, I am somebody;

Look in my back, I am nobody.

149

The beginning of eternity,

The end of time and space;

The beginning of every end,

And the end of every place.

150

As black as ink and is not ink,

As white as milk and is not milk,

As soft as silk and is not silk,

And is a thief but does not know it.

KEYS:

 141. snail 142. chair 143. onion 144. comb 145. pig 146. gloves 147. broom 148. mirror 149. Letter E 150. magpie