I am soft and cuddly that soothe your heart. But, If you pick my last name I am going to tear you all apart. Who am I?

Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

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?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

How many sides does a circle have?

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

These types of puzzles are known as charades. What you have to do is find two words that are referred to in the first stanza and the second stanza and put them together to form the third word in the third stanza.

Just for example, if my first refers to 'off' and my second refers to 'ice', then my whole will be office.

My first is present - future's past -
A time in which your lot is cast.

My second is my first of space
Defining people's present place.

My whole describes a lack of site -
A place without length, breadth, or height.

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

I’m orange, I wear a green hat and I sound like a parrot. What am I?

I have an eye but still cannot see.

Who am I?