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Hard riddle from a children's story.........?

My mom read us this story as a child. A troll or orge asked this question..........

"What creature sometimes has four legs, sometimes has two legs and sometimes has three legs........what is this creature?"

In the story the person got it right and so he lived.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    A human of course!! That's an old riddle from Ancient Greek Mythology! There is a myth saying that the Sfiga(greek word for a creature) asked everyone who passed from there a riddle and if they didn't answer correctly she killed them.

    A baby "walks" on both his legs and arms before learning how to walk properly.

    Afterwords he walks on his legs

    And when people get old use a stick to help them walk (2legs + 1foot = 3)

  • 1 decade ago

    A person - 4 legs when they're crawling, 2 legs when theyre walking and 3 legs when they use a stick

  • 1 decade ago

    a human being, 4 when he's a baby, 2 when he's able to walk, 3 when he's an old man (with a walking stick)

  • 1 decade ago

    It is a human. When we are babies, we crawl on all fours. When we grow to adults, we walk on our own two feet. When we get old, we use a cane to help us walk.

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  • 1 decade ago

    A Human.

    Child - 4

    Normal -2

    In punishment - 3

  • 1 decade ago

    A bicycle?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    a tough one but i i see that the answer is pretty hard to guess and i am with the first answer( and similar answers).

  • 1 decade ago

    a spider after my kids get hold of it

  • Ya-sai
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    A stool?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    a cow that really pissed off a redneck.

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