Ch7 Riddles
As Cara walked on trying to find her way she felt a bit worried, *This place changes quite often and not in a very predictable way,* she thought.

To try and keep herself calm she did what she normally did, she started to hum then sing very quietly "Leaves from the vine, falling so slow, like fragile, tiny shells, drifting in the foam." Cara quickly looked around she thought she heard a noise, like someone walking by her but there was no one so she continued walking. She sighed as she came to another dead end, "I wonder if Sarah's alright," she asked herself out loud.

"I'm sure the one you should worry about is you," a voice answered.

Cara spun around to see the dead end opened and a strange cat-like creature sitting by a door, "Hello," she said "do you know how to get through this labyrinth?"

"Maybe," he answered "and maybe not." He smiled like a cheshire cat, "Do you think you can answer 3 riddles to get out?" he asked.

"What do you mean get out?" Cara asked then remembering before looked behind her, sure enough the dead end had closed behind her "Ah," she said "Let me guess I have to answer your riddles to get through the door, right"

"Smart girl," the creature, whom she decided to call Daniel, replied.

"Ok here is the first riddle, 'What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night?'"

"Man," Cara replied, she had heard that one before "He has four in the morning when he's a baby, two in the afternoon when he's a young man, and three at night when he's an old man because he uses a cane."

Daniel nodded "Seems you are a smart one here's my second riddle, 'Speak not of love or hate, but tell me this; what gift can you give to me, that I can never buy for myself?'"

Cara thought for awhile "Kindness," she answered.

"Correct," Daniel said moving away from the door "You've got two out of three very good, here is my last riddle 'I tie and hold, capture and bind, yet both knights and knaves doth crave me. I faithfully enslave all within my grasp, whether or not they seek me. Yet those who have never felt my unmerciful hand, are pitied by their fellow Man.'"

"Love," Cara answered after a moment.

Daniel smiled his Cheshire cat smile again "Absolutely correct, bravo. You are the first person to answer all of my riddles correctly, you may continue." he said as the door opened.

"Thank you," Cara said as she walked toward the door, suddenly Daniel grabbed her hand.

"Be warned and take care," he said with concern in his voice and looking serious for the first time since she'd met him "this labyrinth is made of deceit and lies, nothing is what it seems so be very careful young woman or you may find yourself at it's mercy."

Cara nodded, "I will and thank you."

As Cara walked through the door she noticed that it was mainly a large tunnel with lichen on the walls and at the end was what looked like a garden or something like one, "Well here goes nothing," she said.