Riddles

Elena Maria Vidal has been posting articles on traditional fairy tales, and somehow this has inspired me to share my love of riddles. Here are a few, taken from Monika Beisner's illustrated book of riddles:

As long as I live, I eat,

But when I drink, I die.

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The beginning of eternity,

The end of time and space,

The beginning of every end,

And the end of every place.

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What has a mouth and does not eat?

What has a bed and does not sleep?