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I tremble at each breath of air and yet can heaviest burdens bear.
Ripped from my ancestors home beaten and burned I become a bloodthirsty killer.
I can be thin but not fat; in your body but never on your placemat. I'm always better when I'm fresh but you'll never see me in the flesh.
First you see me in the grass dressed in yellow gay; next I am in dainty white, then I fly away. What am I?
You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?
I repeat only the last word you say. The more I repeat, the softer I got. I cannot be seen but can be heard. What am I?