Answer:
What goes in the water black and comes out red?
I have a tongue, but do not talk. I follow close, but neither run nor walk. Coupled and hitched, but never married. You couldn't bear the load I've carried.
What can run but canβt walk?
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.
You must keep this thing. Its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.