A unbreakable Riddle

                            A unbreakable Riddle

Hello and greetings,  I am the sphinx.

you have probably heard of me from Egypt with the body of a loin and the head of a man with a funny looking crown  , but that is not me . In Greece we sphinxes have the lower body of a loin the upper body of a women and wings sprouting from our backs.  It is much nicer may I add to sit on a rock, rather then be buried in the sand, like the Egyptian  sphinx. Also we greek sphinxes can fly , the egyptian sphinx can’t. 

 I am on this rock that is over the hills and past the stream. waiting for a traveler to come by. How did I get here you may ask? well…I might’v ask one to many riddles to the queen. It was a quite normal afternoon at the queen’s castle. we were sipping greek tea and having a lively conversation. Until I started asking riddles, I couldn’t help it I am a sphinx and always have been. “So…what is black and white and red all over?” I asked. “I don’t have time for riddles, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NORMAL CONVERSATION” said the queen. “Right…er your highness…what am I—“ said I , but got interrupted by the queen. “You’re a sphinx” she said. “Yes..I am. but that wasn’t the riddle” I said. Finally the queen out of anger since I was asking her riddles for about..let’s say a really long time. “Go guard the gate, since I can’t solve your riddles no one can!!” shouted the queen. “Wait..I have another riddle for you…” I said.  

as I sit here, I will ask him or her a riddle and if he or she gets it wrong I tell him or her you can not pass and nice try and then scare them away . this has been going on for centuries every traveler got my riddle wrong until Oedipus came, and he got it right.

  To past the time I read “The book of riddles” for I love riddles. now as it happened a traveler was passing by he was reading and carrying a heavy back pack. he had salt and pepper colored hair and was wearing circular glasses , he wasn’t looking were he was going and ran into my rock. and crash he fell over , “Uhh..hello, I’m Oedipus” he said nervously. “Hello..traveler I guess you want to go behind the gate..well you have to answer my riddle” I said. The traveler looked at me , through his worried eyes . “Good I like riddles” he said . “Well I have one..what goes on four feet in the morning , two in the afternoon and three at night?” I asked no one had ever answered it right. The traveler was confused and almost afraid , “I…need a minute to think” he said nervously . he walked around in circles I have to say that it was about a hour before he finally figured it out. “A man” he said finally. “You got it right” I grumbled I was going to ask him anther riddle but In my surprise  I had forgotten most of them ,since to had been years since I had last talked to  a traveler . you might have heard in some stories that I threw myself to my death, which is wrong a mortal made it up. as for me I am still on my rock the one over the hills and past the stream , reading riddles and waiting for a travelers to come. 

Fair well mortal, but before you leave I have a riddle for you…