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In your fire you hear me scream creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
What is easy to spot but hard to find?
I am a small paradise surrounded by dryness and heat. What am I?
You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
Late afternoons I often bathe. I'll soak in water piping hot. My essence goes through. My see through clothes. Used up am I - I've gone to pot.
Runs over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night sits not alone, With long tongue hanging out, Resting at your feet until we go for a walk