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RIDDLE: RAINBOW by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "PURPLE, YELLOW, RED, AND GREEN / THE KING CANNOT REACH IT, NOR YET THE QUEEN"
Last Line: TELL ME THIS RIDDLE WHILE I COUNT EIGHT
Subject(s): RIDDLES;

PURPLE, yellow, red, and green,
The king cannot reach it, nor yet the queen;
Nor can Old Noll, whose power's so great:
Tell me this riddle while I count eight.



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