These riddles and puzzles describe characters known for their cleverness and trickery to overcome stronger opponents. The document poses a series of riddles asking the reader to identify literary characters such as a candle that is tall when young and short when old, a sponge that gets wetter as it dries, and a sieve that holds water despite being full of holes. It also asks the reader to determine the name of the third daughter in a family with two named daughters.

1. Do you know these
people?

10. They are

11. - Literary characters who
rely on cleverness to outwit
or trick more powerful
opponents.

21. I’m tall when I’m young
and I’m short when I’m old.
What am I

22. What has hands but
can not clap

23. What is at the end of a
rainbow

24. What starts with the
letter “t”, is filled with “t”
and ends in “t”

25. What gets wetter and
wetter the more it dries

26. Beth’s mother has three
daughters. One is called Lara,
the other one is Sara. What is
the name of the third
daughter

27. What’s full of holes but
still holds water