You measure my life in hours, and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. (28/31)

Here is another wind riddle. Hard riddles are built to trip you up, and this one does so by bombarding you with information from every perspective. The wind provides the big clue at the top. What is the most vulnerable to the wind? You must use your imagination to come up with something small and surprising.

The answer is ‘a candle.’