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Used left or right, I get to travel over cobblestone or gravel. Used up, I vie for sweet success, used down, I cause men great duress.
What goes around and around the wood, but never goes into the wood?
Scythe of darkness, Shadow’s light. Guiding eye of thirteenth sight.
I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes. I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole.
Hoofed frolicking.
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?