Riddle #4

Here is one from Chapter V of The Hobbit:

This thing all things devours:

Birds, beasts, tress, flowers, 

Gnaws iron, bites steel,

Grinds hard stones to meal,

Slays king, ruins towns,

And beats high mountains down.

war?

hmmm, nice riddle 

nice answer, that's probably right 

oh ok

Nope, though I can see why you would think that. The answer is in The Hobbit, chapter 5

War doesn't beat high mountains down.

it does with bombs

True...

Time! The answer is time ⏲! 

Wow ! nice riddle !

Thanks 😊