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Billie Goodson
6th February 2007, 10:14 AM (10:14)
A child I once carried
although I was not married.
A nation I gave life
though I was not a wife.
My blood could fill a land
enforcing God's command.
And though I always lie
I'll never ever die.
Joanne Vergin
6th February 2007, 11:54 AM (11:54)
THe first two lines make me think of the donkey. MMM...
Billie Goodson
6th February 2007, 10:13 PM (22:13)
Nope. Not a donkey.
Billie Goodson
7th February 2007, 11:25 PM (23:25)
Do things have to be alive to carry a child? We have been along these lines before.....This is mentioned in old and new testaments -- but the reference about the child is old testament.
Norayr Hajian
8th February 2007, 10:21 PM (22:21)
Nile River?
Billie Goodson
8th February 2007, 11:49 PM (23:49)
Bingo!! Denial is not a river in Egypt!!

Yes it is the Nile river.
Marg Shurtliff
9th February 2007, 12:29 AM (00:29)
Didn't get it , Billie , but it sure was a good one . Thanks again .
Carsten Schermuly
9th February 2007, 07:38 PM (19:38)
I had difficulties because "blood", thinking to rivers, I always have thought, "can not be, it is said 'looked like blood' but not 'is blood'".
Truely a good riddle!
Billie Goodson
10th February 2007, 07:33 PM (19:33)
A child [Moses] I once carried
although I was not married.
A nation I gave life [Israel if reference to Noah, or Eqypt]
though I was not a wife.
My blood [blood of a river is water]could fill a land
enforcing God's command.
And though I always lie
I'll never ever die.
Carsten Schermuly
10th February 2007, 07:56 PM (19:56)
Thank you for your kind help!

blood of a river is water

Is it an often used picture (metamorphosic picture) in the english language?
Billie Goodson
10th February 2007, 08:46 PM (20:46)
Not really. You have to think of it as blood giving life to us -- and water gives life to a river. It is a metaphor (or a simile -- not sure how the rules work on that).
Carsten Schermuly
10th February 2007, 09:26 PM (21:26)
Thank you, - please, see - this way I do learn english.
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Billie Goodson
10th February 2007, 09:46 PM (21:46)
No problem Carsten -- riddles usually tax the full use of language so they can really be a good way to learn. My Russian professor used them on us a lot.
Carsten Schermuly
10th February 2007, 10:04 PM (22:04)
No question - yes. It needs to roll forwards and backwards again and again alot of possibilities, touching many words in different grammatical constellations. Indeed, a riddle is a good device, not only for the language, also for bible contents, bible stories.