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My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today.
I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight.
I have three hundred cattle, with a single nose cord
Though I wander the earth, I am no longer here. I am pale and I chill everyone near. Who am I?
Has no feet, but travels far. Is literate, but not a scholar. Has no mouth, yet clearly speaks.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?