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I am a protector. I sit on a bridge. One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide. What am I?
I look like a tiny trombone
Take off my skin I won't cry but you will.
What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?
Part carbon part water I am poison to the fishes. Many falsely claim my name I am the pause that refreshes.
In your fire you hear me scream! Creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.