Наталья Ильина - Загадки на английском языке

Sip the nasturtium's nectar

And sing with my wings.

(Hummingbird)

Boneless, translucent,

We undulate, undulate,

Gelatinously.

(Jellyfish)

She jumps, jumps, jumps!

Her name starts with K.

She has a pocket in front

Where her baby can stay.

(Kangaroo)

Safe inside my pouch

Sleeps the future of my kind —

Delicate and frail.

(Kangaroo)

A button-shaped nose

And rwo turted ears,

I live far away

Across the sea,

I look like a bear

But live among leaves

Of the eucalyptus tree.

(Koala)

It has two eyes,

A button nose,

It lives in trees,

And it eats leaves.

(Koala)

My first is woman,

My second a bird,

My whole is an insect

I give you my word.

(Ladybird)

My tail is long, my coat is brown,

I like the country, I like the town.

I can live in a house or live in a shed,

And I come out to play when you are in bed.

(Mouse)

If not for the cat,

And the scarcity of cheese,

I could be content.

(Mouse)

You would scarcely believe

That one dwarf could heave

A whole mountain range

On our lawn. That is strange!

(Mole)

How foolish I am.

Why am I drawn to the flame

Which extinguishes?

(Moth)

As black as ink and is not ink,

As white as milk and is not milk,

As soft as silk and is not silk,

And is a thief but does not know it.

(Magpie)

Without hammer or hands

A house now stands.

(Nest)

A house of wood in a hidden place

Built without nails or glue

High above the earthen ground

It holds pale gems of blue.

(Nest)

Look closely and you will find

A home of a different kind,

For I'm built with stones or bricks

But moss, leaves, and broken sticks,

I'm found near banks, hedgerows too,

Or hidden high away from you.

(Nest)

Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!

I wonder if you know

This night bird's name

It begins with an O.

(Owl)

My first is in ocean but never in sea,

My second's in wasp but never in bee,

My third is in glider and also in flight,

My whole is a creature that comes out at night.

(Owl)

I hunt in woods and gardens

With black, beady eyes,

My young are hatched in nests,

Some say I'm very wise,

My beak is hooked, my claws are strong,

I sleep throughout the day,

With feathers that are soft and smooth

Quietly, I fly away.

(Owl)

I snack on my back,

Crack my dinner on my chest —

Bliss in the water.

(Otter)

I run very fast,

My legs are long,

When others are tired

I am still going strong,

My head is quite small,

My neck is stretched high,

I am the largest bird

But I cannot fly.

(Ostrich)

My first is twice in apple

But not once in tart.

My second is in liver

But not in heart.

My third is in giant

And also in ghost.

Whole I'm best when I am roast.

(Pig)

Gaudily feathered,

With nothing at all to say,

I can't stop talking

(Parrot)

More eyes have I than I do need for sight,

A cry have I that is both sharp and clear,

A tail have I more fit for show than flight,

Admired am I wherever I appear.

(Peacock)

Don't think about it —

Just leave the vicinity

If you hear my tail.

(Rattling Snake)

Long ears, cotton tail,

His name begins with R.

For a tasty, crunchy carrot,

This animal will hop far.

(Rabbit)

I prefer a bed of lettuce to any other kind,

And frolicking about is most often on my mind.

My ears are long, and short my tail.

If you try to catch me you will fail.

(Rabbit)

I nibble green lettuce

To make me grow strong,

My tail's soft and fluffy,

But not very long,

My ears listen out

As I race with ease,

Then rest in the cornfield,

Or play in the breeze.

(Rabbit)

Who is he that runs without a leg

With his house on his back?

(Snail)

Its belly is linen

Its neck velvet

Its mouth music

Its tail a fork.

(Swallow)

My first is in fish and also in chips,

My second's in mouth but not in lips,

My third is ache but not in pain,

My fourth is my third all over again,

My fifth is in pupil but isn't in class,

My whole is a beast that feeds on the grass.

(Sheep)

I move silently without wings,

Between silvery, silken strings,

And there stretched in the grass

You'll see my web as you pass.

(Spider)

I'm a busy active creature,

Full of mirth and play by nature,

Nimbly I skip from tree to tree,

To get the food that's fit for me,

Then let me hear, if you can tell,

What is my name and where I dwell.

(Squirrel)

I have a bushy tail

And bright, brown eyes,

My home is in a thee

I've built up high,

When snow is on the ground,

Before summer ends

My food I'll have found

(Squirrel)

I am slow I am.

Slowest of the slow I am.

In my tree I am.

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