General Riddles

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

There are a few trees in a garden. On one of them, a pear tree, there are pears (quite logical). But after a strong wind blew, there were neither pears on the tree nor on the ground. How come?
At first, there were 2 pears on the tree. After the wind blew, one pear fell on the ground. So there where no pears on the tree and there were no pears on the ground.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

Fill in the blank: If Tom's father is Tony then Tony is the ________ of Tom's father.

People use me to keep themselves clean. I get slimmer whenever I do some work. After my workout is over people need water. Who am I?
A bar of soap.

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

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

I look like a pearl. Clouds are my grandparents. I am very delicate. I die as soon as anybody touches me. Who am I?

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