Riddles: Brain Teasers

[nusrat-diu]

Answer: Breath.

[nusrat-diu]

 I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

[nusrat-diu]

Answer: Smoke.

[nusrat-diu]

I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

[nusrat-diu]

Answer: A dictionary

[rubel]

Dear Nusrat Madam,
Nice going on. Please post more....
Thanks
Md. Rafiqul Alam Rubel
Assistant Director(IT)
Daffodil Internatonal University

[nusrat-diu]

Thanks Rubel for your encouraging words!

[nusrat-diu]

All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
What is it?

[nusrat-diu]

Answer: The wind

[nusrat-diu]

If you break me,
I do not stop working.
If you touch me,
I may be snared.
If you lose me,
Nothing will matter.
What am I?

[nusrat-diu]

Answer: One's heart.

[nusrat-diu]

If a man carried my burden,
He would break his back.
I am not rich,
But I leave silver in my track.
What am I?

[nusrat-diu]

A snail.

[nusrat-diu]

My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?

[nusrat-diu]

Answer: A candle.