Good Riddles

Question: When I am released to the wind,
you look away and you pretend,
but away your friends I will send.

What am I?

Question: At the end of a long dark cave there is a monster made of lead. Be careful. One twitch of the finger and you will release it.

What is it?

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: In a certain society any time somebody commits a serious crime they must be shot at twice with a 6 bullet revolver. The revolver only has two bullets in it though, both of them right next to each other. They spin the revolver once and shoot the gun. If there was no bullet in that chamber they give the prisoner the option to either spin the chamber again or just shoot again. If the first shot is a blank, should the prisoner ask for the revolver to be spun or should they choose that it be shot again?

Question: What is so delicate that even mentioning it breaks it?