Answer:
What travels from house to house and is sometimes narrow and sometimes wide but always stays outside?
What measures out time until in time all is smashed to it?
What is lengthened by being cut at both ends?
It's been around for millions of years, but is never more than a month old. What is it?
My first is a body of water. My second is me. My third came before. My fourth before all three. My fifth sounds like my first. My sixth is in a lake. Put all six together to make an animal that will keep you awake.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?