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When Iām metal or wood, I help you get home. When Iām flesh and Iām blood, In the darkness I roam.
The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring.
I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg. I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole. I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.
What turns from red to black as soon as it touches water?
Take off my skin, I won't cry, but you will.
What sphinxes employ and players enjoy.