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Solve each problem and find its answer in the code. Write the matching letter in the box above it, then read the boxes to answer the riddle.

Example
Riddle. What must be broken before you can use it?
E
2 + 3
G
9 + 1
G
6 + 4
Code: 4 = T5 = E7 = K10 = G
Answer: EGG
  1. 1.
    Riddle. What has hands but cannot clap?
    2 + 6
    7 + 3
    3 + 3
    2 + 6
    2 + 2
    Code: 4 = K5 = S6 = O7 = G8 = C10 = L
  2. 2.
    Riddle. What can you catch but never throw?
    5 + 5
    7 + 2
    1 + 2
    5 + 1
    Code: 3 = L4 = E6 = D8 = H9 = O10 = C
  3. 3.
    Riddle. What has one eye but cannot see?
    1 + 3
    2 + 1
    1 + 2
    2 + 3
    4 + 5
    2 + 1
    Code: 3 = E4 = N5 = D6 = J8 = A9 = L
  4. 4.
    Riddle. What has legs but cannot walk?
    1 + 3
    4 + 2
    9 + 1
    4 + 3
    2 + 1
    Code: 3 = E4 = T5 = I6 = A7 = L9 = Q10 = B
  5. 5.
    Riddle. What has a neck but no head?
    8 + 1
    2 + 2
    4 + 1
    1 + 4
    4 + 3
    3 + 5
    Code: 3 = Z4 = O5 = T6 = P7 = L8 = E9 = B
  6. 6.
    Riddle. What has legs but cannot walk?
    1 + 2
    1 + 9
    1 + 3
    5 + 1
    4 + 1
    Code: 3 = T4 = B5 = E6 = L8 = I9 = O10 = A
  7. 7.
    Riddle. What has a neck but no head?
    3 + 2
    3 + 1
    2 + 8
    9 + 1
    5 + 4
    4 + 4
    Code: 4 = O5 = B6 = Q7 = U8 = E9 = L10 = T
  8. 8.
    Riddle. What has many keys but opens no locks?
    1 + 2
    3 + 7
    5 + 4
    4 + 1
    6 + 2
    Code: 3 = P4 = Y5 = N7 = T8 = O9 = A10 = I
  9. 9.
    Riddle. What has many keys but opens no locks?
    4 + 1
    9 + 1
    1 + 7
    1 + 3
    1 + 2
    Code: 3 = O4 = N5 = P6 = C8 = A9 = E10 = I
  10. 10.
    Riddle. What gets wetter the more it dries?
    2 + 1
    1 + 3
    4 + 3
    7 + 3
    1 + 5
    Code: 3 = T4 = O5 = K6 = L7 = W9 = U10 = E
  11. 11.
    Riddle. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
    5 + 1
    1 + 2
    9 + 1
    2 + 2
    2 + 3
    Code: 3 = L4 = V5 = E6 = G7 = J8 = M10 = O
  12. 12.
    Riddle. What is full of holes but still holds water?
    2 + 2
    2 + 1
    2 + 8
    4 + 2
    4 + 5
    5 + 3
    Code: 3 = P4 = S5 = L6 = N7 = Y8 = E9 = G10 = O
  13. 13.
    Riddle. I get shorter as I get older. What am I?
    3 + 1
    7 + 1
    5 + 2
    7 + 2
    9 + 1
    1 + 2
    Code: 3 = E4 = C5 = G6 = B7 = N8 = A9 = D10 = L
  14. 14.
    Riddle. What has a ring but no finger?
    1 + 2
    1 + 7
    3 + 1
    3 + 4
    5 + 4
    Code: 3 = P4 = O6 = V7 = N8 = H9 = E10 = Q