Why is this the answer?

The answer is nose because this is one of the most clever puzzles that uses word pictures to describe your own face! It is like the riddle is giving you secret directions to find a very familiar part of your body. Let us start with the first clue: "Two little holes in the side of a hill." Imagine your face as a big, rounded shape, like a giant, soft hill. Your nose is the part that sticks out from the middle of that hill. Now, look closely at your nose in the mirror. What are the two small openings right at the bottom? Those are your nostrils. They are the "two little holes" that let you smell cookies and flowers. The riddle describes them as being on the "side of a hill" because they are on the rounded side of your face, which is the hill. Next, we have the second clue: "Just as you come to the cherry-red mill." Think about what a mill does. A mill is a place where grain is ground up into flour. On your face, you have a machine that also grinds things up, and that is your mouth and teeth! You use your mouth to chew food and grind it into smaller pieces so you can swallow. The riddle adds the words "cherry-red" because your lips and the inside of your mouth are often a beautiful, bright red or pink color, just like a sweet cherry. So, the "cherry-red mill" is your mouth. Now, if you go from the two little holes in the "hill" down to the "cherry-red mill," what body part connects them? It is your nose! Your nose is located right between your eyes and your mouth. This riddle is a perfect example of how a simple object can be described in a way that tricks your mind, but all the pieces fit together like a perfect puzzle when you think of your face. Your nose is a true everyday wonder.