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When I'm metal or wood, I help you get home. When I'm flesh and I'm blood. In the darkness I roam.
John Lennon sang about being this toothy creature.
People take me on walks and I run and have fun. What am I?
My first is twice in apple but not once in tart. My second is in liver but not in heart. My third is in giant and also in ghost. Whole I'm best when I am toast.
How a big, hibernating mammal would show affection.
The 8 of us go forth and not back to protect our king from a foe's attack. What am I?