Kids Riddles

Question: A man is doing some work on his home and goes to a hardware store. He goes up to the clerk and tells him what he wants. The clerk tells him that each one is $1. He tells the clerk he would like 5000 and he is charged only $4.

What did he buy?

Question: Everyday a peasant must pay the king one pound of gold and leave it on a collection plate in front of his house. Every morning a guard comes by to make sure he has put a pound of gold on the plate. The king collects the gold every six days from the plate. If the peasant only has one six pound block of gold, how can he make only two parallel cuts and still follow the kings rules each day?

Question: A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. How is this situation possible?

Question: You're in a room with no doors or windows. Just a mirror and a table.

How do you get out?

Question: All things I devour: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers.
I gnaw iron, bite steel.
I grind hard stones to meal.

What am I?