Good Riddles

Question: From "N" to "S" I travel I wish I had a paddle... The closer I get- there`s less of me Further away from "N" I flee In the surroundings I slowly fade One soul for another I trade What am I?

Question: There is a one story house. The walls are blue, the floor is pink, the stove and cupboards are red. What color are the stairs?

Question: A container that takes no keys,
but a golden delight lies within me.

What am I?

Question: Your friend tells you about a story he once tried to impress a young lady with, but instead got a slap in the face. He wants you to attempt to see the flaw: It was a hot and windless day, in our bunker, when suddenly one of ours yelled: "Enemy!" We opened fire on them, leaving one hundred of them dead before they retreated. I was checking a dead captain's glasses when the shout came that they were incoming again, and the CO ordered us to open up on them with our mortars, when I yelled: "Cease fire! They're Americans!" Later, an American colonel thanked me for my work after I said that I saw their flag, waving back and forth in the wind. What is wrong with this story?

Question: Not chest or box is now discussed. Money can be held in it, but just as we test its metal, within it there is rust.

[What is it?]