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Updated: 02-01-2026

Voice is tender-What am I Riddle

18. Riddles
My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I?
    • Answer: A violin

Heard me again-What am I Riddle

20. Riddles
You heard me before, and then again. Afterward, I die, until you call me again. What am I?
    • Answer: An echo.

Four wings cannot fly-What am I Riddle

23. Riddles
I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?
    • Answer: A windmill