Riddles (Caribbean)

Riddle One:

Wearing a hat of drooping fronds

Its yellow fruits rain on the ground

Adorned with rows of lethal spikes -

a tree monkey know not to climb.

Riddle Two:

At nights you tuck them into bed

With a sliding roof you cover their heads

Wake them up to bask in the daylight,

Dance on their backs to make them bright.

Keep your eyes to the skies in case it rains -   

for if they’re ever drenched it’s such a pain

(Answers are below)

Answers

Riddle One

Gru gru Tree – A palm tree (Acrocomia sclerocarpa) that grows in the Caribbean.  It has a trunk with spines and edible nuts which are yellow when ripe.

Riddle Two

Cocoa House – These are wooden houses used for drying cocoa beans in the Caribbean Island of Trinidad.  The roofs were built to slide on  and off to allow the cocoa beans to dry in the sun. Cocoa houses are rarely seen today.DD