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(Message started by: maryl on Nov 8^th, 2003, 7:47am)

Title: Dies half it's life
Post by maryl on Nov 8^th, 2003, 7:47am

Dies, half its life,
Lives the rest.
Dances without music;
Breathes without breath.

What is it?

Title: Re: Dies half it's life
Post by packo on Nov 8^th, 2003, 8:48am

I'd say [hide]fire[/hide]

Title: Re: Dies half it's life
Post by maryl on Nov 8^th, 2003, 2:54pm

Well that's a nice guess but how do you figure it dies for half it's life? And I believe it also needs air to breathe.

Title: Re: Dies half it's life
Post by Speaker on Nov 9^th, 2003, 6:38pm

I would like to guess [hide] leaves on a tree, maybe a maple tree. They live in the spring and summer, and die in the fall and winter. They dance in the wind, and breathe... Well it doesn't fit perfectly, but they do breathe in a way. [/hide]

Title: Re: Dies half it's life
Post by visitor on Nov 10^th, 2003, 5:50pm

the beat goes on; [hide] hear the art [/hide]

Title: Re: Dies half it's life
Post by packo on Nov 14^th, 2003, 1:59pm

Maryl, I think every 'living' thing dies half it's life, otherwise all the answers above wouldn't be right. English is not my first language, but I think that [hide]the fire dies[/hide] is the same as [hide]the fire stops to burn[/hide].

You're right that it needs air, but i't doesn't breathe as you stated in the riddle

Title: Re: Dies half it's life
Post by maryl on Nov 16^th, 2003, 9:32am

on 11/14/03 at 13:59:51, packo wrote:

K, your answer could work depending on how you look at the riddle.
I am curious to know how you think every "living" thing dies for half it's life.

Title: Re: Dies half it's life
Post by tseuG on Dec 1^st, 2003, 11:36pm

Is it by any chance a [hide] " shadow " ? it dies during night-time (if there is no light), dances when in front of a flickering light, and sort of "breathes" without breath, when you are breathing. [/hide]

Title: Re: Dies half it's life
Post by maryl on Dec 4^th, 2003, 3:28pm

The answer I had was already pretty much given above, and I really thought your answer was quite inventive.