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[Shakeepuddn]

I'm an underage officer in a four story house
From basement to roof, a scurrying mouse.
On every long floor, and stairs between,
These are the places I am seen.
A faerie driver, a spot, or an egg,
For the gift I give all have begged.
A short little letter to a friend
Signed with seven names;
The end.

[Ahab]

I'm an underage officer in a four story house
From basement to roof, a scurrying mouse.
On every long floor, and stairs between,
These are the places I am seen.
A faerie driver, a spot, or an egg,
For the gift I give all have begged.
A short little letter to a friend
Signed with seven names;
The end.

This is an interesting riddle. Tough, but working on it

[Badger]

thats a toughy that 1

[Luke Warmwater]

Hmm, seven eh?

Well a quick search on Wikipedia tells me that there are seven:
-Colors of the rainbow
-Days of the week
-Virtues and deadly sins
-Dwarfs who lived with Snow White
-Harry Potter novels
-Wonders of the ancient world
-Holes in the head of most mammals...

Well, I've got nothing. Hope someone else has more luck.

[star_tiger]

Spoiler for could it be...

something to do with fairytales?

I'm an underage officer in a four story house
From basement to roof, a scurrying mouse. - Cinderella
On every long floor, and stairs between, - Cinderella cleaning?
These are the places I am seen.
A faerie driver, a spot, or an egg, - faerie driver = Cinderella, spot/egg = something mythical (maybe dragons )
For the gift I give all have begged. - sounds like the fairies from Sleeping Beauty
A short little letter to a friend
Signed with seven names; - seven dwarfs in Snow White
The end. - most fairytales end with that

This is quite the tough one... <_<

[Shakeepuddn]

Hmm, seven eh?

Well a quick search on Wikipedia tells me that there are seven:
-Colors of the rainbow
-Days of the week
-Virtues and deadly sins
-Dwarfs who lived with Snow White
-Harry Potter novels
-Wonders of the ancient world
-Holes in the head of most mammals...

Well, I've got nothing. Hope someone else has more luck.

Spoiler for Sorry Luke

Your Wiki search missed one.

[Shakeepuddn]

Spoiler for Nice try Star Tiger, but

Nothing to do with fairy tales.

Spoiler for could it be...

something to do with fairytales?

I'm an underage officer in a four story house
From basement to roof, a scurrying mouse. - Cinderella
On every long floor, and stairs between, - Cinderella cleaning?
These are the places I am seen.
A faerie driver, a spot, or an egg, - faerie driver = Cinderella, spot/egg = something mythical (maybe dragons )
For the gift I give all have begged. - sounds like the fairies from Sleeping Beauty
A short little letter to a friend
Signed with seven names; - seven dwarfs in Snow White
The end. - most fairytales end with that

This is quite the tough one... <_<

[Luke Warmwater]

This is going to be either very close or unimaginably far off.

Spoiler for Ready for a guess

Talk about four levels and scurrying made me think about video games. The seven names signed could refer to the high score table which is shown after you lose. A quick google search came up with Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong consists of four different types of levels and has you scurrying from the bottom to the top (even if you climb ladders not stairs). The gift could refer to a place on the high score list. However, my theory comes to a stop. From the screenshots I could find, the High Score table for Donkey Kong only has five entries. And I still don't know what faerie driver, spot and egg have to do with it.

[Shakeepuddn]

Spoiler for pretty far off . . . but

Your correct in assuming that the four story house is a metaphor. All clues are in the riddle. It's a toughy, but I'm proud of this one. Keep trying. If you want a hint, I'll oblige.

This is going to be either very close or unimaginably far off.

Spoiler for Ready for a guess

Talk about four levels and scurrying made me think about video games. The seven names signed could refer to the high score table which is shown after you lose. A quick google search came up with Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong consists of four different types of levels and has you scurrying from the bottom to the top (even if you climb ladders not stairs). The gift could refer to a place on the high score list. However, my theory comes to a stop. From the screenshots I could find, the High Score table for Donkey Kong only has five entries. And I still don't know what faerie driver, spot and egg have to do with it.

[Ahab]

Spoiler for Question

does the fairy drive, spot, egg part refer to the gift?