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Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.
What must be in the oven yet can not be baked? Grows in the heat yet shuns the light of day? What sinks in water but rises with air? Looks like skin but is fine as hair?
All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard.
What weaves webs as they grow?
You can hold it without using your hands or arms. What is it?
A cowboy rode into Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode back on friday. How is that possible?