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Post by Potter on Apr 27, 2006 18:12:16 GMT -5
Pheonix?
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Post by Hermione on Apr 27, 2006 18:14:23 GMT -5
Well, no, but that's an excellent guess, come to think of it. Such an image, though... the poor bird that adopted a baby phoenix would get quite a surprise, wouldn't it?
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Post by Potter on Apr 27, 2006 18:15:42 GMT -5
Ok, then a baby swan.
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Post by Hermione on Apr 27, 2006 18:16:38 GMT -5
Well, no. But another good guess. However, the story about "The Ugly Duckling" is MUCH more recent than this riddle!
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Post by frizzer on Apr 28, 2006 5:44:12 GMT -5
I'm still non the wiser
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Post by Visaru on Apr 28, 2006 8:27:37 GMT -5
hmmm, this seems hard. The lang looks almost like icelandic. sounds exactly the same when u speak it though.
how bout a duck?
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Post by Hermione on Apr 28, 2006 12:00:44 GMT -5
No...
And I don't know about Icelandic (don't linguists usually put that in its own category?) but since it's old english, and english before the French came and before too much latin trickled in was mostly Germanic...
Anyway.
Look at the riddle itself -talks about not having a father and mother, being raised as a guest by another family... what kind of bird is like this?
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Post by Potter on Apr 28, 2006 12:20:00 GMT -5
An English bird   |
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Post by celora on Apr 28, 2006 19:00:21 GMT -5
A cuckoo?
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Post by Hermione on Apr 29, 2006 0:26:39 GMT -5
And Celora has GOT IT!
YAY!
(Three cheers, various "huzzahs" and general rejoicing)
Okay, it's your turn now.
And, guys, we're allowed to have more than one riddle going at a time so if you found a nice one you want to share, let's hear it!
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celora
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Post by celora on Apr 29, 2006 0:30:10 GMT -5
*gasp* my turn?! Oh dear... I didn't realize it was like tag... I'll need some time for consultations...  |
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Post by luthienfrost on Apr 29, 2006 19:07:20 GMT -5
Born at the same time as the world, destined to live as long as the world, and yet never five weeks old. What is it?
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celora
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Post by celora on Apr 29, 2006 19:22:13 GMT -5
Okay, I'm going to a little language jumble with this to make it a little harder What has quatre jambes, eats stroh, has une cuore, and can see as well at nuit comme le jour? *hint* there are four languages. This probably isn't that hard - but I didn't plan on solving the last one! |
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Post by Hermione on Apr 29, 2006 23:10:44 GMT -5
The moon? (because its cycle is less than five weeks?)
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Post by luthienfrost on Apr 30, 2006 14:57:04 GMT -5
Thats right Hermione.
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Post by luthienfrost on Apr 30, 2006 15:02:06 GMT -5
Celora...Is it a cow?
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Post by Hermione on Apr 30, 2006 16:10:34 GMT -5
Can cows see at night? (Or am I mistaking that part?)
Oh. My turn again? Bah. I'll come up with something... eventually!
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Post by celora on Apr 30, 2006 16:38:01 GMT -5
Nope, it's not a cow - but... kinda close... |
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Post by veela on Apr 30, 2006 21:19:20 GMT -5
How about a chinchilla?
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Post by celora on Apr 30, 2006 21:38:09 GMT -5
Nope - think outside the bun everyone (the answer's kind of a joke) |
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