Загадка про тигра на английском языке

Here are a few original English riddles about a tiger—ranging from easy to trickier. Answers are under each one.

I wear my bars but break no laws,
I prowl with velvet, silent paws.
By sun I burn, by moon I gleam—
In jungle shadows, I am king.
What am I?
Answer: A tiger.

Orange fire with midnight seams,
Hunter stitched from forest dreams;
I roar a drum the trees repeat,
Yet vanish when the grasses meet.
Who am I?
Answer: A tiger.

I am a cat who doesn’t purr,
My dinner flees in flash and blur.
My coat’s a code of dark and light—
Read it wrong, and lose the fight.
What am I?
Answer: A tiger and its stripes (camouflage).

I’m born in water without getting wet,
I swim through leaves without getting cut,
I run through wind without leaving a trail.
What am I?
Answer: A tiger’s reflection.

Gold and coal upon my back,
Forest ghost on hunting track;
Take away my stripes, and then
I’m just a cat—what’s left of men?
Who am I?
Answer: A tiger.

I guard the year but keep no time,
I’m inked in stars by ancient rhyme;
Brave and bold in calendar attire—
Name the beast of zodiac fire.
What am I?
Answer: The Tiger (Chinese zodiac).

I thunder without clouds,
I creep without a sound;
I’m feared where I am found,
Yet on soft grass I’m crowned.
What am I?
Answer: A tiger.