Why is this the answer?

The answer is thursday because this riddle is a very fun word game about the days of the week. To figure it out, we need to find what 'today' is supposed to be. The riddle has two main parts, but one part is the secret key that unlocks the whole puzzle. Look closely at the middle of the riddle: "Today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday." This is a very clever way of saying that 'today' must be Wednesday! Think about it like this: If 'today' is Monday, then Monday is 2 days away from Wednesday. If 'today' is Friday, then Friday is 2 days away from Wednesday. But if 'today' is **Wednesday**, how far is it from Wednesday? Zero days. It is the same day! The sentence "Today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday" is only perfectly true when 'today' is actually Wednesday. It means the distance never changes because you are already there. The first and second parts of the riddle are tricky word puzzles that try to make you think of a different day, but the middle sentence locks the answer down. Once you figure out that the day the riddle is talking about is **Wednesday**, all you have to do is answer the final question. The last part of the riddle asks: "What is the day after this day?" If 'this day' (our 'today') is Wednesday, then the day that comes right after it is Thursday. That is why Thursday is the correct answer to this challenging time riddle. You did a great job solving the tricky words to find the correct day.