I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. The one who buys me cuts my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead. What am I?

I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. The one who buys me cuts my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead. What am I?

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I am a food with 5 letters. If you remove the first letter I am a form of energy. Remove two and I'm needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me down.

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Crooked as a rainbow and slick as a plate ten thousand horses can't pull me straight.

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I've got a beautiful beautiful hall all walled in red velvet with all white armchairs made of bone and in the middle a woman dances.

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Sometimes I annoy you, sometimes you can't live without me. But no matter how hard you try, you can't destroy me. What am I?

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I move without wings Between silken string I leave as you find My substance behind.

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Jan 30, 2026

What do you purposefully put lots of in and on your body, but run away from when you encounter it outside?

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