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Tall, I am young. Old, I am short. With life I glow. Anemoi is my foe.
What do we see every day, kings see rarely, and God never sees?
What can go up but never come down?
Every country has one, though we are not the same. Waving to our citizens, throughout the wind and rain. What is it?
What is filled with air and sometimes a gas, tied to a string and often seen on your birthday?
What is big and yellow and comes in the morning, to brighten mom's day?