1-2-3-4-5-6 I am a 6 letter word. Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink. Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit. Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet. Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6. What am I?

Why this works

The riddle cleverly uses a mix of letter placement and word associations to lead to the answer "CARPET." Each set of letters corresponds to different words: "tea" (a drink) is formed by letters 6-5-2, "pear" (a fruit) comes from letters 4-5-2-3, "cat" (a pet) is made from letters 1-2-6, and "rat" (a pest) is created using letters 3-2-6. The final twist is that rats are often prey for cats, tying the whole riddle together in a playful way!