这一常见谜语的谜底是蜡烛。 谜语将蜡烛和小女孩作了比较，或是将蜡烛比作小女孩来加以描写。

• The answer to this common English riddle is "a candle," and the riddle can be regarded as a comparison of a candle to a little girl, or a description of a candle in terms of a little girl.