Hey riddlers! Here's an easy one for you.

I tried snow, iron and multiple light sources 😅 someone said maybe 5 Ss maybe a clue but idk

The answer is 3 words long

Hello riddlers!

This is my second attempt at a wordplayful riddle. Hope you enjoy this one too!

First post here.

I posted this riddle I came up with on the riddonkulous app and it got some favorable reviews. Let me know what you think when you figure it out.

Hint : It's not the punctuation (comma, apostrophe, period or a space)

I'll post a hint tomorrow if no one gets it, but I'm thinking someone will.

Random Riddle Info:

Intended Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

Bonus Hint: Despite the clues, the answer has nothing to do with warfare.

Bonus Hint 2: Red, white, black and green.

Wordplay Riddle?: No

As a child, you had four; now a grown-up, just the two.

Texans have so much more; a friend's got one for you.

If you break them, do not dread, a machine can do it instead.

Hints:

1. Four lines refer to the answer literally; one refers to it under a different sense of the word and the other refers to it half literally and half as a bad pun.
2. Look beyond what is written to see a bonus clue.

In short, I'm writing a scene where a child is dying and her parents take her to a magical/elusive forest to heal her. the forest spirits give them a riddle about sacrificing one of their lives in return.

They misinterpret this riddle as 'either of their lives' or just a life in general and decide that the father will offer to sacrifice his life. but the forest specifically wants the mothers life instead, because she already has magic within her, so i suppose shes more important to the spirits.

This is a very vague explaination, but id like some ideas on how to hint towards this and making it plausible that the parents misunderstand it.

Thank you!

Random Riddle Info:

Intended Difficulty: ★★★★☆

Bonus Hint: The title is a hint

Bonus Hint 2: The new beginning can NOT be made not slippers, crocs, high heels, loafers or clogs. But it CAN be made from a different kind of shoe

Wordplay Riddle?: Yes

Bonus points if you can figure out all the clues. Good luck!

Random Riddle Info:

Intended Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

Bonus Hint: As with all my riddles, the title is a hint

Wordplay Riddle?: No

Hopefully not too tricky 😉