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When I get closer my tail grows longer but when I go away my tail leads the way.
I grow up while growing down
When I come in from sea to shore twenty paces you'll see No less no more.
I have a hundred legs but cannot stand a long neck but no head and I eat the maid's life. What am I?
I follow you all the time and copy your every move but you can't touch me or catch me. What am I?
What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?