Q1.
I have no feet, but I travel far, / Through fields and forests, under moon and star. / I quench your thirst and help plants grow, / From mountain to sea, I quietly flow. Who am I?
Answer
A river. In this chapter the river who is speaking is the Godavari.
Read the riddle again, one line at a time. Every line is a clue.
| The line | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| “I have no feet, but I travel far” | It moves without legs — water flows. The Godavari travels 1,465 kilometres. |
| “Through fields and forests, under moon and star” | It passes farms and forests, and it never stops, not even at night. |
| “I quench your thirst and help plants grow” | People drink its water and farmers use it for their crops. |
| “From mountain to sea, I quietly flow” | It begins high in the mountains and ends in the sea. That is a river's journey. |
Why it can only be a river: A cloud travels too, but it does not quench thirst on the ground or start in a mountain and end in a sea. A canal is made by people and does not begin on a mountain. Only a river does all four things in the riddle.
Meet the speaker: “I am Godavari. My journey begins high up in the Western Ghats at Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra.” The whole chapter is her story, told in her own words.