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Only two backbones and thousands of ribs.
Through its wounds, water does run. It once held many but now has none. What is it?
What's as small as a mouse but guards a house like a lion?
What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
I saw a man in white, he looked quite a sight. He was not old, but he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, he started to run. Who could he be? Please answer me.
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.