【书籍搬运】Yellow Book of Riddles 黄皮谜语小册

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Yellow_Book_of_Riddles

翻译：花溪流萤

为了获得乐趣和锻炼智力，笔者在此集合自己对谜语艺术的辛勤学习所得，以及多年以来从其他爱好谜语之人口中听得的全部谜语。

解谜游戏是西方社会上流贵族的交流习惯之一，贵族和社会活动家收集谜语书进行学习。希望籍此机会使其谈吐变得诙谐机智。

一块金属，不是铁也不是铜，重若人类贪婪心，包你骑行朋友前，亦可为你来挡箭。

铅：是案答 注1

如果你骗我，我就用剑杀死你。如果你说实话，我就用魔法杀死你。如果你想活命，你必须说什么？

我死杀剑用将你：是案答

一个波兹莫被杀害。艾特莫声称丹莫有罪。 丹莫说是虎人干的。兽人宣称他没有杀人。虎人说丹莫在撒谎。如果他们中，只有一个人说的真话，那么谁杀了波兹莫？

人兽：是案答

注1 本谜底答案 lead 既有铅块意思 也有领导之意 乃是双关 所以骑行朋友前映射领导 挡箭意为盾牌

The Yellow Book of Riddles
A small book of interesting riddles

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For earnest pleasure, and the strengthening of the mind, the author here collects all that he has learned of the art of riddling, by dint of diligent study, and through years of discourse with others of similar inclination.

The posing and puzzling of riddles is a convention of polite aristocratic Western society. Nobles and social aspirants collect books of riddles and study them, hoping thereby to increase the chances of their appearing sly and witty in conversation.

A metal neither black nor red
As heavy as man's golden greed
What you do to stay ahead
With friend or arrow or steed
dael :rewsnA ehT
 
A man says, "If you lie to me I will slay you with my sword. If you tell me the truth, I will slay you with a spell." What must you say to stay alive?
.drows a htiw em yals lliw uoY :rewsnA ehT
 
A Bosmer, was slain. The Altmer claims the Dunmer is guilty. The Dunmer says the Khajiit did it. The Orc swears he didn't kill the Bosmer. The Khajiit says the Dunmer is lying. If only one of these speaks the truth, who killed the Bosmer?
crO ehT :rewsnA ehT

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