Answer:
What gets beaten, and whipped, but never cries?
What turns everything around but does not move?
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two more letters?
Halo of water, tongue of wood. Skin of stone, long I've stood. My fingers short reach to the sky. Inside my heart men live and die.
A little house full of meat, no door to go in and eat.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?