Ah hello! Welcome! Come in my friend!
Step out, if you pout! But stay! I insist!
They say I am a furry bird, not quite a bat; they have called me the riddling cat! What am I? Have you guessed Sphinx? If so you are correct, and are ready for my test!.
The rules are simple. Answer the riddle. Live a little, and come back to see if you have solved the Sphinx's challenge! There is no blight if you are wrong, and if you are right, there are no rewards.
Do you accept my trivial quest?
I am dead, yet alive to some sorts;
Creeping slowly, and common to ports;
Unknown culprit, and slayer of air;
Swimming in water, and trampled by mare;
Very pretty, and gritty I be;
So what is the answer that you see?
What ever it could be, it is not me!