# What has legs but cannot walk?

Source: https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-has-legs-but-cannot-walk

A furniture riddle. The question gives an object legs and then takes away the one thing legs usually do.

**Answer:** A table.

A table stands on legs but never goes anywhere.

Hint: You eat at one.

## 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.