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I taste better than I smell. What am I?
The higher I climb, the hotter I engage. I cannot escape my crystal cage. What am I?
I shrink smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?
I have no head and a tail I lack but I do have arms and legs and back; I inhabit the palace the tavern the cot 'tis a beggarly residence where I am not. If a monarch were present (I tell you no fable) I still should be placed at the head of the table.
I am an instrument you can hear but cannot touch or see. What am I?
Whoever made me don't want me. Whoever bought me don't need me. Whoever use me don't know me.