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Fly Army
We all came from the best of the army,
Marching camouflaged or in fatigue only;
Our field training was long, hard, and steady,
Bivouacs on the ground, sometimes on our belly.
We survived the course with great difficulty,
Our bodies ached and changed completely;
When we all got our wings eventually,
The blue sky is ours, to fly we are ready.
We now display our colors for all to see,
Purple though is for the emperor mostly;
Red or white for the admirals of the navy,
And orange and black for the viceroy of the country.
What are we?
Marching camouflaged or in fatigue only;
Our field training was long, hard, and steady,
Bivouacs on the ground, sometimes on our belly.
We survived the course with great difficulty,
Our bodies ached and changed completely;
When we all got our wings eventually,
The blue sky is ours, to fly we are ready.
We now display our colors for all to see,
Purple though is for the emperor mostly;
Red or white for the admirals of the navy,
And orange and black for the viceroy of the country.
What are we?
Answer
Butterflies.Army of caterpillars. Caterpillars are green and some use camouflage for protection. Complete metamorphosis. Colorful wings. Emperor, Red or White Admirals, and Viceroy are kinds of butterflies.
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not bad ... kinda a little boring tho no offense u.u; ... BTW CHANGE DA TITLE IT GIVES IT AWAY lol Oo; thx. nice tho.
-tangerine-
-tangerine-
Thanks Tangerine. No offense taken. You are right though, the title gives the riddle away. Smile,always smile.
That is really confused! You'd think it was something to do with WWII or something. I think it's great!
I thought that the teaser was really good, at first I thought it was to do with a war but I read it a couple of times & guessed the answer. good fun & different to other teasers I have read.
Hope you enjoy mine as much as I enjoyed yours!
Hope you enjoy mine as much as I enjoyed yours!
Brilliant
I liked the poetic wording.
Thanks guys.
beautiful diction. i found it somewhat hard at first, until you started in on the colors... then it all came to me
many thanks
i dont know how, but when i just took a glance at it i thought...butterflys
I thought that this was a brilliant teaser. It was fun, interesting, flowed very well, and made one think. The only thing that gave it away was the title. I loved it.
I guess I'm the dummy of the group, the title only gave it away once I got the answer. I had to read it through a coupla times
I got it! Viceroy gave it away for me, but I'm a butterfly buff.
I love this one! hehehehehe I wish I could write riddles like this, instead of just poems...oh well
thanks
I think I got it because of the bits about wriggling on our bellies, displaying colours and the bit about emperors and red admirals! I wouldn't have got it from the title.... Love it though!
With flying colors... thanks
cute
you mean the teaser i guess... thanks
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