What word begins and ends with an E, but has only one letter?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

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

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

I am the fastest animal but cannot climb the tree. What am I?

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary, you'd think nothing was wrong with it. Actually, nothing IS wrong with it. But it is not as ordinary as you might think. If you think about it for a bit, you will find out why it is truly so unusual. So what is it? What is so unordinary about this paragraph?

I have an eye but still cannot see.

Who am I?

I hide my treasure in the ground, my tail is big and fluffy. If you spot me in a tree, please don’t call me scruffy. What am I?

I have four wings but can't fly.
I express no emotions.
I am found on the exact spot every time you look.
I keep toiling away with a little sound.

Do you know what am I?