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In the evening I'm long, in the morning I'm smallΝΎ When seen in a ballroom, I'm nothing at all.
In your fire you hear me scream, creaking and whining, yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
What has six faces and twenty-one eyes?
I am the tool, for inspiring many. Buy me in the store, for not much more than a penny. Don't overuse me, or my usefulness will go.
When the son of the water returns to the parent, it dies. What is it?
Those with eyes bigger than their stomach will definitely leave the restaurant with one of them. It is named after a house pet as well.