A Riddle I Can't Solve

Question 1 The big brothers face to the front, The smallest brother faces to the side. The big brothers stand so straight, The smallest brother hunches askew. The big brothers wear two stripes, The smallest brother wears but one. The big brothers are slender and graceful, The smallest brother stout and graceless. The big brothers are good enough, But smallest brother is the greatest of all. Who is the smallest brother?

Answered by: Qetzel

Question 2 My monarch's trusted soldier I am, Guarding my kingdom with my life, For when I stab my enemies I die, And leave my sword quivering in them. What am I?

Answered by: Blade of Justic

Question 3 There is a story that a man and not a man Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird Perched on a branch and not a branch And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock. How is this possible?

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Question 4 When my first is a task to a young girl of spirit, And my second confines her to finish the piece, How hard is her fate! But how great is her merit If by taking my whole she effects her release!

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Answer 1 Thumb

Answer 2 Bee