Answer:
Long and think, red within, with a nail at the end.
What is it that you must give before you can keep it.
Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take.
To cross the water I'm the way, for water I'm above. I touch it not and, truth to say, I neither swim nor move.
You can hold it without using your hands or your arms. What is it?
My first is snapping, snarling, growling, My second's industrious, romping, and prowling. Higgledy piggledy Here we lie, picked and plucked, and put in a pie.