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Slays Kings
This thing all things devour:
Birds, beast, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
and beats high mountains down.
Birds, beast, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
and beats high mountains down.
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Hey, u got this from lord of the rings
Somehting tells me you've read some Tolkien... quite a few of your teasers remind me of a certain book....
you must have read the hobbit a great book if you ask me
that was fun, thanks
It's a variant of the Voltaire riddle. Number 4731 I think.......
Still good though.
Still good though.
dont some mountians grow with time? i know mount rainier has been growing
How is it that SPUTNIK2 has commented on like every teaser on this website? I will paste this message every time I see their comment. Why? Because I feel like it. Okay? Okay.
I love this riddle, but I think credit should be given to the original creator: Tolkien.
It's good to come across this "timeless" riddle on any site - thanks for submitting it.
However, I think there should be a protocol for giving credit where it is due when anything is copied.
However, I think there should be a protocol for giving credit where it is due when anything is copied.
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