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It speaks without a tongue, and listens without ears.
Brings the sky a lot closer.
What is born on the ground but floats to the sky, to be returned back again from the clouds up high?
They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?
I'm often served as a "rack of ..." I'm often smoked or grilled, with bones in, and slathered in BBQ sauce.
You can always see it, but it's too far away to touch. Mountains rest on it, and at sea it surrounds you. What is it?