Riddle: what travels all around the world yet always stays in one small corner?

Introduction / Context:
This riddle is another classic example of literal wording applied to a very small object. It says that something travels around the world but stays in one corner. At first this seems impossible, because we imagine corners of rooms that do not move. The trick is to think of a different kind of corner: the corner of an envelope. This puzzle tests the learner's ability to reinterpret familiar words like corner and world in a narrower context, such as the world of postal letters.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• The object travels around the world, often across long distances.
• Despite this, it always stays in one corner.
• The corner in question is not a room corner but some smaller fixed position on an object.
• The answer should be a common everyday item connected with letters and mail.
• Only one of the options naturally fits both travel and corner together.

Concept / Approach:
A postage stamp is the intended answer. When you send a letter or parcel to another country, you stick a stamp on it, usually in the top right corner of the envelope. The envelope may travel around the world through the postal system, but the stamp never leaves its corner of that envelope. Suitcases, shoes and walking sticks can travel but do not always remain in corners; they are moved and carried. The special combination of travel and fixed corner position is unique to the stamp among the given choices.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Visualise a standard envelope with a stamp on the top right corner. When the letter is mailed, it can be sent to any country in the world. Throughout this journey, the stamp remains stuck firmly to the same corner of the envelope. From the stamp's point of view, it travels widely yet never changes its little corner position. Therefore, the riddle is describing a postage stamp.

Verification / Alternative check:
Check each alternative. A suitcase travels around the world but does not stay in one corner; it may be carried, rolled, stored in different places and is not confined to an envelope corner. Shoes and walking sticks also travel but do not have fixed corners in which they must stay. Only a stamp is both strongly associated with world travel and physically positioned in a corner, normally of an envelope or parcel. This dual property exactly matches the wording of the riddle, confirming_stamp as the correct answer.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Suitcase, shoes and walking stick have no special relationship with corners and can be moved and placed anywhere. They may travel but not while remaining fixed in a single small place. These choices are included to test whether learners have noticed that the type of corner mentioned is the corner of a flat object like an envelope, not a room. Only the stamp spends its life in that small corner position while helping letters travel globally.

Common Pitfalls:
Some learners imagine the four corners of a map of the world and try to think of something that can travel between them, which complicates the puzzle unnecessarily. Others focus too much on physical travel and ignore the phrase stays in one corner. A good strategy for riddles is to question each key word and consider alternative meanings. Once you see that corner can refer to the corner of an envelope, stamp quickly becomes the obvious and satisfying answer.

Final Answer:
The thing that travels around the world but stays in one corner is a postage stamp.