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kings and queens may cling to power and the jesters may have their call. I am the most common but I can rule them all.
Long and thin red within with a nail at the end.
I am free the first time and second time but the third time is going to cost you money.
I am a seed with three letters in my name. Remove the last two and I still sound the same. What am I?
What has a ring but no finger?
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?