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You seek it out, when your hunger is ripe. It sits on four legs, and smokes a pipe.
who do you think you know but sometimes you don't
Sharp and long, flag of the world. What is it?
Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be?
I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.