Answer:
What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be consumed?
I am the outstretched fingers that seize and hold the wind. Wisdom flows from me in other hands. Upon me are sweet dreams, my merest touch brings laughter
Long and think, red within, with a nail at the end.
What is it that makes tears without sorrow and takes its journey to heaven?
What has four legs during the day; and six or eight during the night?
I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind. I help others to see.