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I have one head, one foot and four legs. What am I?
A counting riddle with a strange body: one head, one foot, four legs. No animal is built that way, so the parts must belong to a piece of furniture.
I have one head, one foot and four legs. What am I?
Hint: You lie on me every night.
Reveal the answer
A bed
A bed has a headboard, a footboard and four legs.
How to solve it (spoilers)
How to think about it
- Count the parts. A creature with four legs would have four feet, so these are furniture words.
- Which piece of furniture has a part called the head and another called the foot?
- Think of where you sleep: there is a headboard at one end and a footboard at the other.
- A bed has a head, a foot and four legs underneath.
Why “a bed” is the answer
A bed has a headboard at the top, a footboard at the bottom and four legs holding it off the floor, which gives exactly one head, one foot and four legs. The riddle sounds like a monster until you remember that the ends of a bed are named after the body parts that rest there.
Common wrong answers
- A table. A table has four legs, but no part of it is called a head or a foot.
- A chair. A chair has four legs and sometimes a headrest, but no foot.
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