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Brown I am and much admired. Many horses have I tried. Tire a horse and worry a man, tell me this riddle if you can. What am I?
I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by objects, but built by minds. What am I?
I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the dead. What did I see?
I am the kind of food monkey likes and people slip on me and fall in cartoons.
I can be cracked made told and played.
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.