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Many have heard it, but nobody has ever seen it. It will not speak until spoken to. What is it?
What is weightless but takes two people to hold it?
What can be forever wound up but never annoyed?
Some live in me, some live on. And some shave me to stride upon. I rarely leave my native land. Until my death I always stand. High and low I may be found. Both above and below ground.
Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take.
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.