Answer:
What common verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?
I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back. None suffer to have me, but do from my lack.
It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter.
What has two spines and a lot of ribs, and carries much but never moves?
It comes only before, it comes only after. Rises only in darkness, but rises only in light. It is always the same, but is yet always different.
Why was the cook arrested?