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1. You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead.What am I?

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2. I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

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3. I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

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4. I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

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5. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?  

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6. I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

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7. I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I? 

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8. I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

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9. Pronounced as one letter, And written with three,Two letters there are,And two only in me.I'm double, I'm single,I'm black, blue, and gray,I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?

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10. At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

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11. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

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12. From the beginning of eternityTo the end of time and spaceTo the beginning of every end And the end of every place.What am I??

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13. In a marble hall white as milk,Lined with skin as soft as silk,Within a fountain crystal-clear A golden apple doth appear.No doors there are to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in to steal its gold.

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14. It is said among my people that some things are improved by death. Tell me, what stinks while living but in death smells good?

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15.  All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard. What is it?

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16. If you break me, I do not stop working. If you touch me, I may be snared. If you lose me, Nothing will matter. What am I?

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17. If a man carried my burden, He would break his back. I am not rich, But I leave silver in my track. What am I?

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18. Glittering points that downward thrust, Sparkling spears that never rust. What is it?

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19. Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet do I lack. What am I?

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20. Until I am measured, I am not known.Yet how you miss me,When I have flown! What am I?

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