The Riddles in The Dark

In a story called There And Back Again (a.k.a. The Hobbit), Bilbo Baggins set off for an adventure with Gandalf and a group of dwarves. Hobbits dislike adventures and it’s amazing for Bilbo to leave his Hobbit-hole behind and went for a treasure hunt with Gandalf and some dwarves. There was a moment when the group was attacked by Orcs (goblins) in a cave and when they try to escape the cave, Bilbo got himself separated from Gandalf and the dwarves. He fell into darkness, bumped his head on hard rock and faint. And when he woke up, this was the moment when he found a cold piece of metal ring on the ground. He tried to get out but soon found himself near a lake. That is the moment when he first met a small slimy creature and his name is Gollum… Bilbo feared that the creature will eat him off but soon they started challenging each other with riddles….

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than a tree,
Up,up it goes,
And yet never grows?


Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.


Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.


An eye in a blue face,
Saw an eye in a green face,
“The eye is like this eye”
Said the first eye,
“But in a low place,
Not in high place”


It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fells.
It comes first and follows after,
End life, kills laughter.


A box without hinges, keys or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid


Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.


This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steels;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slay kings, ruins towns;
And beats high mountains down.



No-leg lay on one-leg,
Two-legs sat near on three-legs,
Four-legs got some.