The Everything Kids Riddles & Brain Teasers Book (4 page)

What do you call a really picky cat?

A “paw-ticular” feline.

How can you tell when a polar bear is moving?

There's a “fur sale” sign in the yard.

What do you give to a 500-pound alligator when he knocks at your door?

Anything he wants.

How do fish finish their floors?

They “carp it.”

Say What?

On each line, add the first and last letter to complete the name of the animal that is suggested by what that animal is saying. Then, read DOWN the shaded column to answer this riddle:

Try This

Take the Laughing Test
How do you think you would do on a laughing test? To try the challenge, record someone laughing, then play back the tape to see if you can keep from laughing yourself. They say laughter is contagious. Can you come up with laughing tests of your own?

A
vet
has 10 sick
hamsters
, 10 sick
dogs
, and 10 ill
cats
. Unfortunately, he can't leave them alone as they are not too sick for the dogs to attack the cats, and the cats to try to eat the hamsters. At the end of the day he decides to take them home to
keep an eye
on them. What is the smallest number of trips he can make across town and how?

What do
stripes, mane, tail,
and
hooves
have in common?

Which
creature
doesn't belong—
wasp, bee, spider, or ant
?

Birds and fish are to
worms
as cats and snakes are to
what
?

What do you call a sleeping baby goat?

A “kid napping.”

What happens when you blend a reptile with a back street?

You get an “alley-gator.”

What travels faster than the speed of dog?

A cat!

Why was the rabbit so excited about her engagement ring?

It was 5 carrots!

Why did they take Polly away?

She went crackers!

What did the giraffe say when he bent down to talk to the fish?

LONG time no sea.

Feel Better

A riddle and its answer were put into the large grid, and then cut into eight pieces. See if you can figure out where each piece goes, and write the letters in their proper places. When you have filled the grid in correctly, you will be able to read the puzzle from left to right, and top to bottom. HINT: The black boxes stand for the spaces between words.

When
Mini's
family pulled up at the motel, Mini, her parents, and
12
brothers and sisters poured out of the car. How
could
that happen?

What do a
shark,
a
mouse,
and a
mole
have in common?