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What jumps when it walks & sits when it stand?
I say hoot and I'm wise. I sleep during the day and hunt at night. What am I?
I have black skin but I look white, What am I?
To you, rude would I never be, Though I flag my tongue for all to see.
Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.
What is it that makes tears without sorrow. And takes its journey to heaven?