EasyClassic
"I am always with you in the night. I flee from the smallest light. I am not evil — I am simply the absence of something. What am I?"
Answer
Darkness
Explanation
Darkness is simply the absence of light. It accompanies the night universally and disappears at the first source of light.
This is an easy riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
Tags:natureabstractclassic
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