A popular riddle states, “I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?”
Now, at first glance, this riddle is very confusing. After all, it’s not possible to speak without a mouth, is it?
And it surely isn’t possible to hear without ears!
The key to finding the answer to this riddle is to realize that it isn’t referring to a person or an animal of any kind.
Do you want a big clue? What hears your voice and then repeats what you said?
Still not solved the riddle? Here’s the answer:
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
An echo speaks without a mouth and hears without ears.
