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It comes only before, it comes only after. Rises only in darkness, but rises only in light. It is always the same, but is yet always different.
What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
What is as big as you are and yet does not weight anything?
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard. Who am I?
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?