Answer:
I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep. For mystery most often lies beneath my simple speech. Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors, read me backwards, forwards, upside down. Think and answer the question...
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red.
What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
You seek it out, when your hunger is ripe. It sits on four legs, and smokes a pipe.
Why was the cook arrested?
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?