“One man has six of them” six syllables “Two men have 8” four syllables, doubled -> ‘8’ “If women have them, they are halved.” men is one syllable, woMEN splits the syllable in half (creating two syllables) “If children use them, they have 18.” nine syllables (‘18’ / 2) “I have none, but you have several.” The riddle is given to you; I have no syllables and you have ‘several.’ “They are red at day and black at night.” Words are read (phonetically red) at day and unreadable (black) at night.