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A reaction to being spooked that takes its name from waterfowl
A man shot two arrows at its center and missed both times, but using a sword swung once at its center and hit it twice.
Halo of water, tongue of wood. Skin of stone, long I've stood. My fingers short reach to the sky. Inside my heart men live and die.
If you break me, I do not stop working. If you touch me, I may be snared. If you lose me, nothing will matter.
Neither bought nor sold but more valuable than gold. It is built but not by hand. What is it?
What do angels sing in the shower?