Answer:
I make things short but I am pretty long myself
Cloud is my mother. Wind is my father. I come down but never go up. What am I?
When I am caught, I am thrown away. When I escape, you itch all day. What am I?
You throw away my outside, you cook my inside. Then you eat my outside and you throw away my inside. What am I?
Soft hairy from door to door. I am the pet that always stays on the floor.
I am your mother's brother's only brother in law. Who am I?