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I am a red drum which sounds without being touched, and grows silent, when touched. What am I?
They took me from my mother's side where I was bravely bred and when to age I did become they did cut off my head. They gave to me some diet drink that often made me mad but it made peace between two kings and made two lovers glad.
I have 24 keys but cannot open any locks. Sometimes loud, sometimes soft. What am I?
Before I grow I'm small. When I'm old I grow tall. When I die I give a mighty fall.
I am quick when Iām thin. I am slow when Iām fat. Wind is my worst nightmare.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?