Situation Puzzles for Kids

While he was in the forest, a wild beast bit off his nose. But he died only 3 months later.

Every night before going to sleep, Lisa locks the door of her house and attaches the key to a string. Why?

Beulah died in the Appalachians, while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig's death. How come?

A man was born in 1972 and dies in 1952 at the age of 25. How can this be?

When Martin woke up that morning, he was surprised to see the door open. As soon as he crossed the threshold he got beheaded.

A man and a woman got married. After the wedding they abandoned all their activities, that were bringing them money, and only had fun. As a result, in three years they became millionaires.

A man lives on the 10th floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator to the ground floor to go to work. Upon returning from work he goes up always to floor 7th in the elevator. Then he goes upstairs the 3 remaining floors.

Jack goes on a trip with his compass. After a long walk, he stops to eat a sandwich. He is not able to find his way back afterwards.

Francis dies of a heart attack at work. His colleagues are there when it happens. However, they do not call for help until Francis dies.

A woman walks into a pet store to buy a parrot. The seller offers her one, telling her that it can repeat everything it hears. Some days later the woman - feeling cheated - goes back into the store to get her money back. However, she comes back home with the parrot and not her money.

Everybody knew that if Julia took one step forward, she would die, but nobody told her.

Alexander shot at the king, but no one condemned him. Why?