Lizzy and the Riddler pt. 1

In this photo, Jack the Jackrabbit helps Lizzy solve a few riddles. Read more about it below!

I finally received my order for a special delivery. It was officially sealed and as heavy as ever. When I opened it there was a tiny piece of paper. I looked into the empty box perplexed. I spent $75 on a surprise for Mr. Smiley and now it was gone. Where is my package? I opened up the note and this is what it read:

 “To save your package, Lizard, You must solve my riddles. What is clean when it's black but dirty when it's white?”

I sit down at my desk, confused. I couldn't tell Mr. Smiley about this because then it would ruin the surprise, of course.

“Think Lizzy, think” I mutter looking around the office.

I watched as Ted put up a few notes on a clean chalkboard, then hurriedly erased the mistakes as best he could. Oh man, I groan. I just washed that board this morning! I quietly sit up in my seat.

“A Chalkboard!!!!” I exclaim excitedly, “It's clean when it's black and dirty when it's white because when you erase the chalk off it gets all musty!”

I hurry over to the chalkboard and peeled off another note. This is what it says:

“Very good Lizzy, here's the next one. What band does not preform, sing, or act?”

I smile happy to know that my package must be somewhere in the facility because of all these pointless riddles here in the office.

“Hm, what band does not preform...sing...or act?” I mumble as Jack the jackrabbit hops into the room.

“Hi Lizzy, what were you just saying?” he asked.

“Oh hi, Jack....this is a random question but are you good at riddles?” I asked, curious.

“Um yeah, a little,” he admitted. “What's the riddle?”

“What band does not preform, sing, or act?” I repeat.

Jack scratched the back of his head and then his eyes land on something on the table in front of me. He starts to laugh.

“That was a pretty good riddle, Lizzy, but not good enough!” he smiles. “A rubber band! HAHA!”

I look down and see a rubber band holding a rolled up index card right in front of me. I watched as Jack hurried away before I unrolled the note.

“Hey!” I remember, “getting help from others is cheating! Never mind, here's the next riddles: 'What has four eyes but cannot see? And what can run but never walk, has a mouth but never talks. Has a head but never weeps. Has a bed but does never sleeps?'”

I sit down and start to think. This is going to be a long day.

To be continued...

Written by: Lizzy the Lizard

Photographer: Daniel P. Smithwater

Edited by: Christian Ryan and Joy Hammond

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