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An open ended barrel, it is shaped like a hive. It is filled with the flesh, and the flesh is alive!
When I get closer my tail grows longer, but when I go away my tail leads the way.
You are having a bad day if 12 peers deem you to be this
You can hold it without using your hands or your arms. What is it?
What is it which builds things up? Lays mountains low? Dries up lakes, and makes things grow? Cares not a whim about your passing? And is like few other things, because it is everlasting?
What is lighter than what it is made of?