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I can be long or short. I can be grown or bought. I can be painted or left bare. My tip can be round or square. (one word)
I am a piece of paper that takes most people 3 or 4 years to get. What am I?
I am a red drum which sound without being touched and grow silent when I am touched.
I go around a yard but does not move.
My first though water cures no thirst my next alone has soul and when he lives upon my first he then is called my whole.
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.