Simple riddles

When does Halloween come before Valentine's day?

I have wings but I'm not a bird I am small and colorful. I live in gardens and fields and forests. I used to be a caterpillar. I am a...

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

I eat insects. I live in the pond. I hop. I am green. What am I?

When you don't have me, you want me, but when you do have me, you want to give me away. What am I?

If you see a bird sitting on a twig, how could you get the twig without disturbing the bird?

What goes in dry and hard, but comes out wet and soft?

I have no legs. I will never walk, but always run. What am I?

Four children and their pet dog were walking under a small umbrella. But none of them became wet. How?

I can run, but not walk. Thought is not far behind me. What am I?