Answer:
What has armor but is not a knight, snaps but is not a twig, and is always at home even on the move?
What creature starts yellow inside and white outside, then becomes its first five before becoming the whole?
What animal always goes to sleep with his shoes on?
A horrid monster hides from the day, with many legs and many eyes. With silver chains it catches prey. And eats it all before it dies. Yet in every cottage does it stay. And every castle beneath the sky.
What has a coat? Hugs you not in sympathy? Whose smile you'd rather not see? Whose stance is a terrible thing to see? Who is it that brave men run away from? Whose fingers are clawed? Whose sleep lasts for months? And who's company we shunt?
I hold two meanings. With one I may be broken, with the other I hold on. What am I?