What has legs but cannot walk?

How to think about it

1. Animals and people use legs to walk, so the answer is a thing, not a creature.
2. Many pieces of furniture stand on legs: tables, chairs, beds, stools.
3. All of them work, which is why this riddle is easy. The most common answer is the piece you eat at.
4. A table has four legs, stands all day and never takes a step.

Why “a table” is the answer

A table stands on legs, and the word is exactly the same one we use for people and animals, yet a table cannot move on its own. Chairs, desks and beds have legs too, so any of them is a fine answer. The riddle is a first lesson in how English gives body-part names to objects.

Common wrong answers

• A snake. A snake cannot walk, but it has no legs at all, so it fails the first half.
• A baby. A baby has legs and cannot walk yet, but it will, and the riddle is about objects.