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Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take.
Inside a great blue castle lives a shy young maid. She blushes in the morning and comes not out at night.
It holds most knowledge that has ever been said. But is not the brain, is not the head. To feathers and their masters, it's both bane and boonΒ One empty, and one full.
My first is a body of water. My second is me. My third came before. My fourth before all three. My fifth sounds like my first. My sixth is in a lake. Put all six together to make an animal that will keep you awake.
I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me. Lower light I never see.
People take me on walks and I run and have fun. What am I?