Can you share some short riddle stories?

There's a riddle short story about a king who had a beautiful garden. He put a magical flower there and made a rule that anyone who could find it without asking the guards could have half his kingdom. A young boy came. He noticed that the bees were flying in a particular direction more often. He followed the bees and found the flower. He used his observation skills to solve the riddle of the king.

There was a riddle short story about a king. The king put a large boulder in the middle of the road. He said he would give a great reward to anyone who could move it. Many strong men tried but failed. Then a little boy came. He simply dug a small hole beside the boulder and poured some water in it. The boulder moved easily with the mud becoming slippery. The moral riddle here is that sometimes we need to think differently rather than using brute force.

One of the best riddle stories is the 'The Riddle of the Sphinx'. In this story, the Sphinx in Greek mythology asks a riddle: 'What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?' The answer is man. As a baby (morning of life), a man crawls on all fours. As an adult (noon), he walks on two legs. And in old age (evening), he may use a cane, so it's like walking on three legs.

One riddle horror story could be: A man wakes up in a strange room with a note that says 'Solve the riddle to leave. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?' It's an echo. But as he shouts the answer, a shadowy figure emerges from the corner. The man realizes the real horror is just beginning.

Sure. Here is one. There was a kingdom where a strange law existed. A man was locked in a room with two doors. One door led to freedom and the other to death. There were two guards, one in front of each door. One guard always told the truth and the other always lied. The man could only ask one question to one guard. He thought for a while and then asked one guard, 'If I were to ask the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say?' The guard he asked replied. Then the man was able to figure out which door was the right one.

Sure. Here's one. A man is looking at a picture of a man on the wall and says, 'Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man's father is my father's son.' The answer is that he is looking at a picture of his son. Because if he has no brothers and sisters, his father's son is himself, and the man in the picture's father is himself, so it's his son.

Here is one. A man is found dead on a Sunday morning. His wife calls the police immediately. The police question the wife and staff. The wife said she was asleep, the cook said he was cooking breakfast, the gardener said she was picking vegetables, the butler said he was cleaning the closet, and the maid said she was getting the mail. The police immediately arrested the murderer. Who was it? It was the maid. There is no mail on Sunday.

One scary riddle story is about a girl who lived in an old mansion. Every night, she heard a strange scratching at her door. The riddle was, 'What has claws but no hands and wants to get in?' The answer was a stray cat that had made a home in the attic. But for days, she was terrified not knowing what it could be.

In a spooky forest, there's this riddle. There is a creature that has no legs in the day but has four legs at night. It's a human. In the day, we stand on two legs, but at night when we lie in bed, we can be seen as having four 'legs' - the two legs and the two sides of the bed we might be against.

They often have unexpected twists. For example, in a riddle story about a man who goes to a bar every day and asks for a glass of water. The bartender always pulls out a gun instead. But the man thanks the bartender and leaves. The twist is that the man had hiccups and the bartender scared them away with the gun.