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I know a word of letters three. Add two and fewer there will be. What is the word?
In my yard there's a bed with no pillows a trunk with no clothes a branch with no leaves. What am I looking at?
I am higher than the king
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
I am born in fear raised in truth and I come to my own in deed. When comes a time that I'm called forth I come to serve the cause of need.
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.