Answer:
Little Nancy Etticote in a white petticoat. With a red nose; the longer she stands the shorter she grows.
Without a bridle or a saddle across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride by help of me though almost blind are made to see.
The more you take away the bigger I get. What am I?
I look at you you look at me I raise my right you raise your left.
I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold. I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I am a gift beyond measure, a matter of course. What am I?
Whoever made me don't want me. Whoever bought me don't need me. Whoever use me don't know me.