I stand by the curb with a flag I never wave on my own. Once a day someone in a uniform feeds me, and I hand over everything I'm given without reading a word. The key is inside me. Where is it?
Hint: Check the end of the driveway.
AnswerIn the mailboxA curbside mailbox has a flag, gets mail from the carrier daily and holds letters it never reads.
I run all the way around your yard without moving an inch. A famous saying claims I make good neighbors, and Tom Sawyer tricked his friends into painting me. What am I?
Hint: I'm made of pickets or posts.
AnswerA fenceFences surround yards, 'good fences make good neighbors' is a well-known line, and Tom Sawyer got friends to whitewash his fence.
I'm stuffed with straw but I've never eaten, I've worn the same old shirt for years, and my only job is to frighten a crowd that sits on my shoulders laughing at me. What am I?
Hint: I wear old clothes and a floppy hat.
AnswerA scarecrowScarecrows are stuffed with straw, dressed in old clothes and meant to scare birds, which often perch on them anyway.
Little white pillows float on top of me. I'm too hot to sip for the first five minutes and too cold after twenty, and my main ingredient started as a bean grown near the equator. What am I?
Hint: Sip me slowly.
AnswerHot chocolateHot chocolate is topped with marshmallows and made from cacao beans, which grow in tropical regions.
I'm a tiny picture that lights up and refuses to explain myself. I might mean a loose gas cap or a thousand-dollar repair, so most people stare at me for a week and hope I go away. What am I?
Hint: Your mechanic would like a word.
AnswerThe check engine lightThe check engine light can signal anything from a loose gas cap to a major repair and needs a scanner to diagnose.
I wear a new ring every year, but nobody ever proposed. I drink through my feet, I breathe out what you breathe in, and you can only count my birthdays after I've fallen. What am I?
Hint: Count my rings to learn my age.
AnswerA treeTrees add a growth ring yearly, absorb water through roots, release oxygen, and their rings are counted after they're cut.
Someone wrote on the classroom whiteboard during lunch on Monday.
Ava says
“I stayed in the science room the whole lunch watching our class caterpillar. It made its chrysalis that morning, and the butterfly came out right before the bell.”
How did the teacher know Ava was fibbing?
Hint: How long does that change take?
AnswerA butterfly can't come out of its chrysalis the same day.A butterfly takes about one to two weeks to form inside its chrysalis, not a few hours.
Every so often someone hands me a bouquet, but I never get to smell it. I hold my water better than anyone at the table, and I look best with my neck full. The key is at the bottom of me. Where is it?
Hint: Look at the centerpiece on the table.
AnswerIn the flower vaseA flower vase holds a bouquet and its water, can't smell the flowers, and looks its best when the stems fill its neck, so the key is at the bottom of the vase.