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1. What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
2. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo
3. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
4. What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano
5. What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
6. I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
7. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?
A stamp
8. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter “M”
9. What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
10. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence