What walks on 4 legs on the morning 2 legs on the noon and 3 legs at night?
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This is an old riddle.

The answer is a man.

At the beginning of life (the morning) he crawls as a baby. During the middle of his life he walks on two legs and at the end of his life (the night) he walks with a cane (three legs).

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This is the classical Riddle of the Sphinx; the Sphinx at Thebes posed the riddle to travelers; if they failed to solve it, they were killed; Oedepus answered it correctly.

It is from Greek Mythology.

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