Return to Eden - The Riddles

                 Sent in by Marion Taylor

I am the genie in the box, I think but I am not.
I have no arms or legs, and yet I work until I'm hot.
To talk to me you hit my head and coffee makes me fail.
I have no mouth and so I must eat my food through my tail.
Answer: COMPUTER

What goes on four feet, on two feet, then three
but the more feet it goes on, the weaker it be.
Answer: MAN

The rich man wants it, the wise man is sure of it.
The fool understands it, but the poor man already has it.
Answer: NOTHING



Our blood is cold, we do not sleep. Quiet whispers are our talk.
We are the giants who eat the sun, beneath our arms men walk.
Answer: TREES

This blind God conquers all, with a kind of madness.
Foolishness from wisdom, happiness from sadness.
Answer: LOVE

You all know me, you don't trust me, yet you give me life.
Without muscles, I am mighty, no man is my chief.
You can't see me, only hear me, I'm the secret's chief.
Answer: RUMOUR

A great healer, wasted yet kept by many.
Beaten, he runs out and flies away.
Answer: TIME



When I come, you don't feel me.
I am here, though you can't see me.
When I've left you, you won't miss me.
No one even know what I be.
Yet I am your most valuable possession.
Answer: LIFE

A pet to many folk belongs, to welcome us he licks warmly.
Hungry, he eats with raging tongues, a dangerous playmate he.
Answer: FIRE