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Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take.
Whipping one of these out in the wrong setting is said to be terrible luck.
You can't keep this until you have given it. What is it?
What has a hundred limbs, sometimes leaves, but cannot walk?
I am someone you don't know. Who am i?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.