What is a riddle?

Flea: Riddle me roo, riddle me ree

You shall not pass I'm the riddling flea!

Giant: Huh?

Flea: I said I'm the riddling flea!

Down here you great big oaf!

Giant: Oh.

Flea: You may not pass until you answer me this;

What loses its head in the morning but gets it back at night?

Giant: Uhhhh…I dunno

Flea: A pillow!

Next question – what is a riddle?

Giant: Uuuuhhhh…

Flea: You don't know do you? Well I'll tell you.

A riddle is a sort of poem that works like a puzzle.

It describes something and you have to guess what the something is…

Now you ask me a riddle!

Giant: Uhhhhmmmm…

What's brown…and…sticky?

Flea: What's brown and sticky?

Giant: Yeah.

Urrr! Yuck! Well…errr…a stick! Haaa! Haaaa!

Flea: A stick! Aaargghh!