MediumWordplay
"A tree has them, a book has them, and a person does it. What are they?"
Answer
Leaves
Explanation
A tree has leaves. A book has leaves — an old word for pages. And a person leaves — as in departs. Three uses of the same word.
This is a medium riddle in the Wordplay category — Riddles that play with language, puns, and double meanings.
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