A hard classic riddle
In marble walls as white as milk, lined with skin as soft as silk, within a fountain crystal clear, a golden apple does appear. No doors there are to this stronghold, yet thieves break in and steal the gold. What is it?
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A hen could tell you.
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An egg
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What is the answer to the riddle "In marble walls as white as milk, lined with skin as soft as silk, within a fountain crystal clear, a golden apple does appear. No doors there are to this stronghold, yet thieves break in and steal the gold. What is it?"
The answer is an egg. A hen could tell you.
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