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In your fire you hear me scream creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
I am what no man ever yet did see, which never was, but always is to be. What am I?
I welcome the day with a show of light. I steathily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn but by noon, I'm gone. What am I?
When set loose I fly away. Never so cursed as when I go astray.
You are my brother, but I am not your brother. Who am I?
The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?