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I am rarely touched but often held and if you are smart you'll use me well.
To you, rude would I never be, though I flag my tongue for all to see. What am I?
I am natureβs way of applauding lightning.
My first though water cures no thirst my next alone has soul and when he lives upon my first he then is called my whole.
What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?