Here’s a riddle based on wit and observation, in the style of those internet puzzles:
Riddle: The Eighth Rabbit
I’m sitting in the grass, ears pricked,
around me is a whole row.
The first one is jumping, the second is nibbling,
the third is being given a carrot.
The fourth is sitting quietly in its burrow,
the fifth and sixth are stuck fast.
The seventh is playing in the meadow,
its ears are already hurting from the wind.
I look at them, my eyes rubbing,
I’m in this strange dream.
“I see eight rabbits,” I say confidently,
although seven of them are barely moving.
Who is the eighth one, not budging an inch?
Solution:
The eighth rabbit is you (the reader) or the last person depicted in the picture! In these puzzles, the “eighth rabbit” is often the viewer themselves, it is hidden in the text (the word “rabbit”), or it is an optical illusion where the last figure is made up of the surrounding landscape (clouds or stones).