Answer:
They come at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?
Little Nancy Etticote in a white petticoat. With a red nose; the longer she stands the shorter she grows.
Fatherless and Motherless, born without sin. Roared when it entered the world, And never spoke again.
I am created through suffering, inspiration, joy, and even despair. Born as an idea, and then presented to the human eye. Unlike living things, I never die. What am I?
The more you have me, the less you see. Shine a light on me and I flee. What am I?
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.