~Riddles in the Dark~

exerpts from
There and Back Again
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Riddles in the Dark
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What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? "Mountain, I suppose."	Thirty white horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still. "Teeth! teeth! my preciousss; but we has only six!"
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. "Wind, wind of course."	An eye in a blue face Saw and eye in a green face. "That eye is like to this eye" Said the first eye, "But in low place, Not in high place." "Sun on the daisies it means, it does."
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!"	A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid. "Eggses! Eggses it is!"
Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking. "Fish! Fish! It is Fish!" "Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?"	No-legs lay on one-leg, Two legs sat near on three legs Four-legs got some. "Fish on a little table, man at table sitting on a stool, the cat has the bones."
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! Time!"	What have I got in my pocket? I sure don't have that golden ring!