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I am alive without breath and cold as death. I am never thirsty but always drinking.
Though desert men once called me God today men call me mad. For I wag my tail when I am angry. And growl when I am glad.
I wiggle and cannot see; sometimes underground and sometimes on a tree. I really don't want to be on a hook and I become a person when combined with “book”.
I am the kind of fish that chases a mouse.
I have 24 keys but cannot open any locks. Sometimes loud sometimes soft
It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.