Answer:
What goes in the water red, and comes out black?
Who works when he plays and plays when he works?
My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer's cramp
When I get closer my tail grows longer, but when I go away my tail leads the way.
I scribble forms of the finest letter, And repel elements of the harshest weather. I am an arrow-aimer and a dust-breaker.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?