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Originally Posted by gothicravenclaw  Hannah raise her hand is it a dog she ask Rosamund. Quote:
Originally Posted by city_girl_95 OH YEAH. Choccie frog. Her type of treat, thanks professor she grinned, holding it in her hand. She looked at the sphinx. This lesson was getting trickier. Again she wrote down her notes Soooo, she chewed her lip, an animal, that goes around in circles, so it repeats itself all the time but continues to move forward, and it is led. Soo, she carried on chewing her lip, a donkey? She shrugged, because donkey's go round paddocks and circuits in circles but they can still move forward if they want, and they can't complain. Because they can't speak, she paused and tapped her chin and the word led suggests an animal like a dog or a donkey.
She nodded, and frankly it seems more plausible with a donkey than a dog. She shrugged. That was probably an epic fail. Still If Rosamund had it in her to laugh, Lachlan was certain she would be doing it by now. He was glad she wasn't doing it, of course; last thing he wanted was to hurt the kids' feelings somehow. "No," He said. MacFusty didn't know the exact answer himself, but he was certain it was not an animal. "Animals can complain, and they don't have to speak to do so," He finished, not unkindly. Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn Having listened to the second riddle being spoken, the Slytherin paid attention, thinking it over. And...well, Isabelle made sense she supposed. Is a bell. Huh. Clever. OMG! He was giving people chocolate. He was giving people CHOCOLATE! She was almost too focused on the fact that Professor McFluffy was giving people the most evil food ever, she almost missed the third riddle. What? WHAT!?
Round and round...straight ahead...never complain...what, a five year old spinning in circles? That made sense too. Though obviously it was something round, and it went straight. A round thing...that went straight. Oh wait, the talk of a dog made her lose her train of thought. Good thing too. A portkey was probably not the right answer. Well...actually... "A...portkey?" she muttered, still thinking about it, and still...staring at the Professor. The holder of evil food.
Pfft. Lachlan's head tilted to one side at Evelyn's guess. A portkey indeed made a whole lot of sense, but was it the answer...? "Rosamund?"
Rosamund smiled a cheshire smile. "No."
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Originally Posted by Walrus Jacob had been half asleep all class, really it didn't matter to him... he wasn't allowed to pet it so what was the point in paying attention.
But riddles were fun, so Jacob listened somewhat at this point.
'I go round and round in circles...'
Jacob stared at the sphinx... like a a carousel... or someone who was really dizzy? Maybe both. He was dizzy on a carousel?
'...But always straight ahead...'
A mobile carousel with a dizzy guy on it? Maybe.
'...And never complain...'
A a very obedient mobile carousel with a dizzy person on it.
'...Regardless of where I am led.'
Maybe it wasn't the carousel... maybe it was the person... Some dizzy person goes around in circles... but thinks their going straight... Like a drunk? OOH! They were Drunk!
"Is it a Drunk man?" yes... of course. What else could it be. "Drunk people go around, and around... but they think they're going straight ahead. They never complain about where they're led, cause they don't know where they are in the first place... so what's there to complain about?"
Oh yeah... Go Jacob. So Smart. Rosamund's sole response was an artful roll of her large eyes, while Professor MacFusty had to cough and pat his chest in order to hide to several chuckles attempting to come out of him.
A drunk man.
"No, Jacob," MacFusty said at last. "But I like the reasoning behind your answer." Mostly, he liked that it made him laugh. "Here," Lachlan said, offering the Ravenclaw captain a cauldron cake when he reached him. "Have a cauldron cake."
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Originally Posted by beachdude654 Chris looked at his paper and began to jot down ideas."I go around in circles. Umm... Hmmm... This is complicated. Straight ahead in circles." Chris jotted down some terms. Brooms, snitches, snakes. " Oh Oh Oh!! Is it a broom! You can drive it in circles and straight ahead. It can't complain about where its led!!!!!" Chris said in a very excited way! "But Broomsticks not always go round and round in circles," Lachlan pointed out, as he returned to his stool.
Yeah, he wouldn't be standing up again. If they wanted chocolate frogs or cauldron cakes, they'd have to come get them.
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatic Selina rose her hand, "A compass? Only because a compass dial goes around in a circle, but it always ends up pointing straight ahead or north. And it cant complain because it is a device." "No," Rosamund answered to the young Gryffindor, and wondering why were the Gryffindors the seemingly smart ones, as opposed to the Ravenclaws. She had heard that the members of the house of Rowena needed to answer a riddle in order to reach their chambers, and yet none of them had gotten hers right.
Rosamund wondered just how often the Ravenclaws slept in their own beds. "But that is a good answer. Professor, I believe this one, too, deserves, a.... one of those things."
They looked revolting.
Lachlan picked up both boxes from the floor and said, [b]"Selina? Chocolate frogs or Cauldron Cakes?" Also, she would have to stand up. He wasn't doing that anymore. Quote:
Originally Posted by Starbreeze Hmmmm. The other ones had been a little easier but this one was just plain obvious. "It's an egg!" Eino said with his hand raised. "Because if you put it down and bump it it will roll in circles, but the animal inside still grows and it can't complain because it's not born yet. Also, if it's led to your tummy it cannot complain and it's good." What else could it be? A delicious egg and nothing else! An egg would have made sense, except that, "But wouldn't an egg's complaint come in the form of it breaking when it bumped against something?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Sweetpinkpixe Kurumi listened to the riddle and had to agree that a compass sounded like a plausible answer, but she ought to offer up another response. "Is the answer time?" Kurumi asked raising her hand. "Time is often referred to as moving in a circle, well, more like a cycle of morning, afternoon, and evening that is forever repeating and must always move forward. Well, unless you have a Time Turner, but that is an entirely different matter." She paused to collect her thoughts. "Those of us effected by time may complain that we do not have enough of it, but Time never does so itself and the part about 'no matter where I'm led' could refer to how we all use our time." Rosamund let the girl talked until she seemed to have no more to say. When she smiled, the sphinx's smile was almost friendly. "Are you sure you are not part Sphinx?" This was a complete, of course. [b]"You are not, however, correct." Quote:
Originally Posted by Ama Lulu was standing on the second rail of the fence. She liked rare and magical creatures as much as the next Muggleborn but Patterson also enjoyed staying alive and in the background where she could silently chuckle at everyone. She was saving the funny answers to her memory bank so she could retell them to Janie at a later time and giggle at how far fetched they were.
The first line of the riddle was easy enough. It was something round that went in circles. That sure limited the answers. Although Lulu supposed it could always be a pygmy puff, she didn't think they would take lightly to be rolled down corridors like a bowling ball. Not to mention they wouldn't always go straight and neither would bowling balls. If it never complained it had to be something without a voice, preferably dead.
Lulu waved an arm in the air as she tried to balance herself on the fence, climbing up higher. "WORR, PROFESSOR FUSSY!" she hollered, wondering if he could hear her over the yells of DOG, DRUNK MAN, and PORTKEY. "Is it a wheel, now?" she asked. "Ya know, like on wheelbarro's, and ca's." Some loud child was not only giving him a nickname he'd not approved of, but also balancing on the paddock's fence. Lovely. "Patterson! Accidents. Accidents could happen if she didn't get away from that fence, and the last thing he wanted was an injured kid during his first class. Get off that fence at once and come here." To get a cauldron cake or a chocolate frog, because if Rosie's smile was any indication, Lulu Patterson had the correct answer. It had taken the students a slightly prolonged amount of time, this time, to come up with the correct answer. She smiled again, feeling her confidence grow more than, truthfully, it should.
"There are four brothers in the world that were all born together;
the first, he runs and never wearies,
the second, he eats and never fills
the third, he drinks but remains thirsty
and the fourth, he sings a song that is never good.
Who are they?"
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