The Everything Kids' Giant Book of Jokes, Riddles, and Brain Teasers - Michael Dahl [60]
80 minutes
What's So Funny?
Sam was very superstitious. He never walked under ladders or went anywhere on Friday the 13th, and he always carried his lucky penny everywhere he went. All in all, his plan worked very well — until one day everything went wrong. “This just can't be possible,” Sam thought. What's so funny?
He hadn't noticed that a black cat had crossed his path!
Cross Plumber
Cross out the letters that appear more than three times in the letter grid. Collect the remaining letters from left to right and top to bottom, and write them in order on the blank lines. When you are finished, you will discover the answer to this riddle:
Why Did the Lion …
Find your way from START to END, collecting the letters. When you read them in order, you will discover the answer to this riddle:
Why did the lion cross the grassland?
Words to Know
ESP: Extrasensory perception is the believed ability to have a type of sixth sense. Someone who claims to be able to read your mind or know your thoughts is said to have ESP.
What do you get when you cross a snow-man with a pickup full of carrots?
Frozen food in adelivery truck!
What do you get when you cross an automobile with music?
Cartoons (car tunes).
What time is it when you cross an alarm clock with a skunk?
Time to go!
Why did the cheater have 2 X's on his head?
He had been double-crossed.
Why did the fish cross the road?
Because he was already “caught” in the middle.
Why did the fertilizer cross the road?
Because the grass wasn't greener on the other side!
As Cami began crossing the railroad tracks, she realized a train would be there soon. She saw no train, heard no sound, but knew it just the same. How did she know?
She could feel the vibration on the tracks
As Rhonda saw the “walk” sign light up, she started to cross the street. Instantly, several cars screeched to a halt inches from her. Why?
She was looking at the sign for the other direction
TRY THIS
Testing for ESP
Do you or someone you know have ESP? One test for ESP that you can try on your friends is to make a few cards with circles, wavy lines, or dots on them. After you have shown them the cards, look at one of the cards and ask your friend to sense which one you are looking at. You can take turns testing each other to see who does best.
Why wouldn't the first skeleton cross the road?
No guts!
Why did the second skeleton cross it?
No brains!
And why didn't the third skeleton cross it?
He just didn't have the heart to!
Why wouldn't the rooster cross the road?
He was too much of a chicken.
Where does an X always sit?
In the cross section.
Why did the bee cross the road?
He wanted to see his “honey.”
In science class, Amanda learned that when you put salt on a slug, something very horrible happens. Do you know what?
The slug melts
When Lila told her mother she would come straight home after school, her mother knew it wasn't true. How?
She saw that Lila's fingers were crossed
“I spin, yet I am never dizzy. I have clouds, but have no rain. As I cross the land, you cannot see how deadly I am.”What is it?
A dust storm
FUN FACT
A RIDDLE OF A NAME
“Rumpelstiltskin” is a well-known fairy tale, maybe because it was part of the famed Brothers Grimm collection of fairy tales. In the tale, Rumpelstiltskin tells the Queen that she has to guess his name, or he will take her firstborn child. Do you remember how the Queen solved this riddle?
Hinky Pinkies
The answer to each Hinky Pinky riddle is two rhyming words of two syllables each. Write the answers into the numbered grid. EXTRA FUN: When you're finished, read down the shaded column to find the answer to one more Hinky Pinky:
What do you get when you cross a monster with someone who works at your school?
What do you get when you cross…
… a sticky candy with a hot breakfast drink?
… a comic book action hero with a detective?
… a lawyer with a large bird of prey?
… a South American pack animal with