You can count higher than ten with me, I have feet but no toes, I am often used as a toy but I'm no yo, I'm thought straight but often bend, I'm made of metal but I have a friend of cloth. What am I?
Think you have it? The answer is below.
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Answer: A tape measure / ruler (feet without toes, bends, metal with a cloth cousin)
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📖 The answer, explained
The trick here is that every clue leans on a word with two lives, one literal and one hiding in plain sight. "Count higher than ten" nods to the numbered markings running past that first dozen inches. "Feet but no toes" plays on measurement feet, not the kind you'd find in socks. "No yo" is a playful denial pointing away from yo-yo, even though both can be toys kids fiddle with. "Thought straight but often bend" captures how a ruler seems rigid yet flexes, especially the slim plastic or metal kind. And the closing line about metal having a cloth friend nudges you toward the tape measure, metal for rulers, fabric for the soft tailor's version. Stack the wordplay together and the misdirection falls away, leaving one tool wearing two disguises.
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