General Riddles

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

Some might say we are red some might say we are green. Some play us some spray us and sometimes our color is in between. What am we?
Peppers.

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

Look at me. I can bring a smile to your face, a tear to your eye, or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I?
Memories

. At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Who am I?

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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