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A white horned symbol of purity and grace.
A horrid monster hides from the day, with many legs and many eyes. With silver chains it catches prey. And eats it all before it dies. Yet in every cottage does it stay. And every castle beneath the sky.
I am the only animal to have the same Latin and common name.
The alphabet goes from A to Z. What goes from Z to A?
What creature starts yellow inside and white outside, then becomes its first five before becoming the whole?
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.