Answer:
Handy when you need to measure something or run a kingdom.
This sparkling globe can float on water. It is light as a feather, but ten giants can't pick it up.
What get's more wet while it dries?
Hot tempered and sometimes it blows its top, making a mess of everything.
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?
People take me on walks and I run and have fun. What am I?