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Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that never rust.
I move without wings, between silken strings. I leave as you find my substance behind. What am I?
I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet never thrown. What am I?
I walk on 4 legs in the morning 2 legs at noon and 3 legs at night.
I am longer than a decade and shorter than a millennium
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.