Flashcards of Bilbo's and Gollum's riddles, from ‘The Hobbit’ Chapter 5 ‘Riddles in the Dark’, using the flashcards and verse packages.
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\chead{\small Educational Flashcards of Bilbo's and Gollum's riddles, from `The Hobbit' Chapter 5 `Riddles in the Dark' by J.R.R.~Tolkien.}
\title{Riddles in the Dark}
\author{J.R.R.~Tolkien}
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\begin{flashcard}[Gollum]{%
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What has roots as nobody sees,\\
Is taller than trees\\
\vin Up, up, up it goes,\\
\vin And yet never grows?
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Mountain
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\begin{flashcard}[Bilbo]{%
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Thirty white horses on a red hill,\\
\vin First they champ,\\
\vin Then they stamp,\\
Then they stand still.
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Teeth on Chestnuts
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Voiceless it cries,\\
Wingless flutters,\\
Toothless bites,\\
Mouthless mutters.
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Wind
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\begin{flashcard}[Bilbo]{%
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An eye in a blue face\\
Saw an eye in a green face.\\
`That eye is like to this eye'\\
Said the first eye,\\
`But in low place\\
Not in high place.'
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Sun shining on daisies
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It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,\\
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.\\
It lies behind stars and under hills,\\
\vin And empty holes it fills.\\
It comes first and follows after,\\
\vin Ends life, kills laughter.
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Dark
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A box without hinges, key or lid,\\
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
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Egg
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Alive without breath,\\
As cold as death;\\
Never thirsty, ever drinking,\\
All in mail never clinking.
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Fish
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No-legs lay on one-leg, two legs sat near on three legs, four legs got some.}
Fish on a little one-legged table, man at table sitting on a three-legged stool, the cat gets the bones.
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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.
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Time
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\begin{flashcard}[Bilbo]{What have I got in my pocket?}
~
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