Best riddles with simple answers

Branches grow on its head; it wears spotted clothes. Not a donkey of a horse, it runs like the wind.

I eat, I live. I breathe, I live. I drink, I die. What am I?

What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

Where do you find a birthday present for a cat?

I follow you all day long, But when the night or rain comes, I am all gone.

I have four legs. I'm very smart and I like to play. I like to smell things. I can wag my tail. I am a..

I weigh almost nothing. I am lighter than air. But even the strongest man in the world cannot lift me. What Am I?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Large as a mountain, small as a pea, Endlessly swimming in a waterless sea.

This very thing you were born with pleases us all. It's even capable of making men fall, while only experienced by few it's treasured by all.