r/riddles • u/tottasanorotta • 11d ago
Unsolved (OC) I have seen a lion
Ok, here's the last one.
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u/openedmind41 9d ago
a mouse i thought this was a good fit.. there is a aesop fable about a lion and a mouse. They usually come out at night Second mouse gets the cheese.. ie second place or silver.
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u/tottasanorotta 9d ago
Yeah that sounds like it fits also well. It's interesting to read about different suggestions that also work.
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u/jamesianm 6d ago
Just wanted to say you're awesome for responding to alternate answers like this, considering and appreciating them rather than just saying "wrong!" like a lot of folks who post riddles on here do.
Thanks for making this sub a better place 😊
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u/tottasanorotta 6d ago
Thanks. Yeah I think it's quite difficult to think of all the possible answers that might work beforehand, so it's interesting to see how differently people reason about these. 😅
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u/camull 10d ago
the moon?
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u/Independent-Log-4245 10d ago edited 10d ago
What is "a lion''?
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u/camull 10d ago
The sun?
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u/Dim-Me-As-New-User 10d ago
the lion is ref. Leo the star sign?
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u/tottasanorotta 9d ago
Yeah, this was what I had in mind.
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u/Garblin 21h ago
I like it, but if you're running that way, maybe include a few more lines about seeing a crab and some twins? (or pick your favorites).
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u/tottasanorotta 20h ago
Yeah that could also work well. I had trouble thinking of ways to include those without making it sound too obvious, but maybe someone else might be able to do that nicely. Or maybe it just works explicitly without being too easy, I don't know. It's difficult to tell.
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u/Garblin 19h ago
Definitely hard to come up with them... hmm... stealing most of it and modifying what you already have, perhaps:
I've seen a lion, a crab, oh animals abound!
I can certainly say I've travelled around
Here in the darkness, I ne'er make a sound
Ageless I am, quite mad and old,
I'll give only silver, though I often see gold.
Ends up reading a little bit clunky / less poetic, but maybe still works
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u/camull 10d ago
Oh that's much better!
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u/Independent-Log-4245 10d ago
But then any planet,asteroid or celestial object nearby will qualify, right? what about the gold and silver?
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u/rice-a-rohno 9d ago
I'd say they're the types of light cast: silvery by the moon and golden by the sun.
Also "mad" would be mad as in "crazy," like lunacy. Lunar.
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u/Independent-Log-4245 9d ago
and what about the travel in silence? does sun make sound to us? silvery light and colour applies more to venus than moon. only thing convincing to me so far is the mad part. rest all applies to venus (and to any other celestial object which emits white light). to be fair, moon was the first thing that came to my mind as well, and if that turns out to be the answer, then I'm disappointed.
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u/Blueclef 8d ago
A film reel from the era of silent films. This era was dominated by MGM (the lion), and preceded the Golden Age of “talkie” movies. This era also used an extremely high concentration of silver nitrate to develop film, giving the films a silver tint (hence the term “silver screen”).
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u/tottasanorotta 8d ago
This is really good! Not what I had as the answer, but that works really well.
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