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Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday," said Priscilla, "then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?
The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me. What am I?

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

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