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?

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

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

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?

The more it dries, the wetter it becomes. Can you tell what it is?

What can you catch but never throw?

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What am I?

Railroad Crossing, look out for the cars. Can you spell that, without any R's ?

I taste better than I can smell. Who am I?

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?