Answer:
What has four legs during the day; and six or eight during the night?
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red.
A mile from end to end, yet as close to as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, but shared among children most of all.
I follow the orders of only two. I respect the work of only two. I am in constant battles with many, Though one surpassed them all. With forces joined, We created hell, Until our mutual enemy fell. Who am I?
Left to right I’m quite bright. Right to left I might bite.
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.