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What is lengthened by being cut at both ends?
I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight.
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
Some try to hide, some try to cheat. But time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name. I promise you'll know, when you I do claim.
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.