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You should keep it as straight as can be, yet very few do. Most of the time it's slightly bent or curved. Your sadness usually causes it to bend further, but donβt bend it for too long or it may never be able to fully straighten out again. What is it?
My first is a body of water. My second is me. My third came before. My fourth before all three. My fifth sounds like my first. My sixth is in a lake. Put all six together to make an animal that will keep you awake.
They made me a mouth, but didn't give me breath. Water gives me life, but the sun brings me death.
Reaching stiffly for the sky, I bare my fingers when its cold. In warmth I wear an emerald glove and in between I dress in gold.
Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be?
It can be cracked, It can be made, It can be told, it can be played. What is it?