Riddle Time

[lemoore]

What walks on four legs in the morning, on two legs at midday, on three legs in the afternoon, and can't walk at all in the evening??

[lemoore]

why so?

[simon_says]

If a human's life is desrcibed in terms of a day, then the morning is life as a baby ( ie, crawling - 4 legs ), two legs at midday - walking upright, three legs - walking with the aid of a stick, and unable to walk is the evening of your life ie, elderly/infirm.

[sft42]

cause in the morning of his life (as a child) man crawls, at midday (in the prime of life) on two legs, in the afternoon (old age) with a cane, and in the evening (either dead or infirm) in a wheelchair.

[rekstout]

A period of a day is taken as a microcosm of a persons life

In the Morning (infancy) we crawl on our hands and knees (four feet)

At midday (adulthhood), we walk upright and hence are on two feet

In the evening (Beginning of old age) we use a walking stick and hence have three "feet"

In th evening we are inform and bedridden and hence cannot walk.

I have to say that I have never seen this classical riddle in four parts, usually it is four legs morning, two legs afternoon and three legs at night.

[Stewart]

I agree with rekstout. I think the fourth bit is an add on. I am fairly confident the original/classical version did not have this.

[WendyW]

Yes the original version is just the first three.