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A horrid monster hides from the day, with many legs and many eyes. With silver chains it catches prey. And eats it all before it dies. Yet in every cottage does it stay. And every castle beneath the sky.
The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring.
What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
Though easy to spot, when allowed to plume, It is hard to see, when held in a room.
Describes a mysterious region and a stylish pair of shorts.
If you count 20 houses on your right going to the store and 20 houses on your left coming home, how many houses did you count?