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There are millions of me. I am very small but when moving fast I am deadly.
Whiling away the hours of flowers, Walking through fields of gold. Preening and pruning in lights fading hours, For petals to freeze in the cold. What is it?
We travel much, yet prisoners are, and close confined to boot. Yet with any horse, we will keep the pace, and will always go on foot.
Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that never rust.
What's as small as a mouse but guards a house like a lion?
Often cooked as fillet, this meat comes from an animal that swims underwater.