Riddle
Jataka Tales
The Ass and the Wise Son's Seat: Gadrabha-Pañha Jātaka
When courtiers mock young Mahosadha for making his father rise from his seat, the boy sage silences them with a riddle about an ass and a priceless mule.
Meṇḍaka Jātaka: The Goat, the Dog and the King's Riddle
A goat and a dog, both beaten for stealing, become friends by fetching each other's food; when the king asks why natural enemies are friends, the sage Mahosadha alone solves the riddle.
Sambhava Jataka: No. 515, the Boy Who Answered a King
A Kuru king's chaplain, failed by three elders, finds a seven-year-old at play in the street who answers the king's question on the service of Truth.