Which is the correct shadow of the bird?

While going to your grandmother's house, you counted Twenty houses on the right side. While returning back to your home, you counted Twenty houses on the left side.

How many houses are there between your home and your grandmother's home?

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

It comprises roots which nobody sees,
Much taller than those trees,
Up and up it goes,
Still it never grows?

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

I am a normal creature, but I have five hands. I can even have more but even then I will be considered normal.

Who am I?

I know there are two methods by using three time the same number with a plus(+) operator , you can make sum as 60.

One of them is 20+20+20.

whats the other way ?

I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.