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

I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone's dirty business.

1 rabbit saw 9 elephants while going to the river. Every elephant saw 3 monkeys going toward the river. Each monkey had 1 parrot in each hand. How many animals are going towards the river?

A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog’s name?

Begin with a word, five letters to my name,
Remove the first and last but I am the same
Take out my middle and still, I remain.
What word am I?

I make two people out of one. What am I?

They came out at night, without being called.
They lost at day, without being stolen.
Who are they?

I am beautiful, up in the sky. I am magical, yet I cannot fly. To people I bring luck, and to some people, riches. The boy at my end does whatever he wishes. What am I?

There are four 3-link chains. All you have to do is join them into a big 12-link chain. For joining two closed links, one of the links must be cut and placed onto the other link for closing.

How many minimum links will you have to cut to make the big chain?

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?