It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is it?

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?

A shepherd had 18 sheep, out of which, all but ten died.

Can you tell us how many sheep was he left with?

There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

There are 2 cops parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing.

Why?

What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

I am a ten letters word
The first four letters have the power to rule,
Next, four-letter can be eaten.
The next three-letter represents a lady.
I can fly as well

what am I looking for?

There is one thing that goes round the house and also inside the house but never even share a brief touch. What is it?

If a boy blows 18 bubbles,
Then pops 6 eats 7 and then
He pops 5 and blows 1.
How many are left?

How can you leave a room with two legs and return with six legs?