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You heart it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung.
What gets beaten, and whipped, but never cries?
What can touch someone once and last them a life time?
I am a fire's best friend. When fat, my body fills with wind. When pushed to thin, through my nose I blow. Then you can watch the embers glow.
What is long and slim, works in light. Has but one eye, and an awful bite?
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?