Tuesday, 15 March 2016

riddle - I am. Who am I?




I am.
I am a king with a castle but seldom a crown.
I am able, with but a single step, to assemble the peoples unto me.
I am, with a change of heart, beginning to be softer.


Give me an endless jet and make me soar.
Even when I have a rough start, I'll go the distance and then some.


A new beginning lets me make alternate choices;
  but if I then go left instead of right, I'll agitate myself into a frenzy.
Replace part of me and I'll at last relax, a worshipper of the sun.


Deus dedit nobis hodie. Carpe diem!




Who am I?
What seven things can I become?



Answer



You are



a FATHER.



I am a king with a castle but seldom a crown.




Perhaps because "an Englishman's home is his castle".



I am able, with but a single step, to assemble the peoples unto me.



That is, to GATHER them. (F to G is not only a single-letter change, but moves only one step along the alphabet.)



I am, with a change of heart, beginning to be softer.



...and FATTER. (As I failed to notice and Rubio pointed out to me in TSL, the right way to parse this is "with a change of (heart beginning)": i.e., the H changes.)




Give me an endless jet and make me soar.



Insert E (from jEt) making FEATHER, though personally I wouldn't exactly say that a feather soars.



Even when I have a rough start, I'll go the distance and then some.



You will, in other words, go FARTHER. ("R" is the start of "rough", of course.)



A new beginning lets me make alternate choices;




Which would you RATHER?



but if I then go left instead of right, I'll agitate myself into a frenzy.



No need to work yourself up into a LATHER about it.



Replace part of me and I'll at last relax, a worshipper of the sun.



You will, in other words, be a sun-BATHER.




Deus dedit nobis hodie. Carpe diem!



Well, today is FATHER'S DAY...



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