Assignment 3 Riddle

[Prof. Rorey Padfoot]

Here is the riddle to complete for assignment 3. If you have the answer post it below with a riddle of your own for the next person.

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

[Prof. Will Lestrange]

I'd assume that you are a candle!

I turn up once every minute, twice every moment, but never in a thousand years. What am I?

[Maxim Trevelyan]

Letter M.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

[Prof. Will Lestrange]

A footstep!

What gets wetter as it dries?

[Elena Min]

The answer is a candle

New riddle:
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

[Savannah Foster]

The answer is starting!

Riddle:
I can be long or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or I can be left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?