A four-line riddle describing a pair of fire tongs without ever naming them: long legs, crooked thighs, a little head, and no eyes. Simple enough for a very young child to enjoy guessing.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Long legs, crooked thighs,
Little head, and no eyes.
About this rhyme
A riddle in two lines, describing something without naming it: long legs, crooked thighs, a little head, and no eyes.
Cover the title and ask a child to guess before you tell them it's a pair of tongs. Say it slowly, like a proper puzzle.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition