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What has 4 fingers and a thumb but isn't alive?
Born of sorrow, grows with age, you need a lot to be a sage. What is it?
My first is in riddle but not in little. My second is in think but not in brink. My third is in thyme but not in time. My fourth is in mother but not in brother. My last is in time but no t in climb.
cats and deflation tires make this noise.
I can be entertaining until you realize some pieces have been lost.
The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?