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What is born long, dies short, and spends its life leaving a trail?
My neighbor makes mistakes. I get rid of them. Who am I?
If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into a empty piggy bank?
What speeds on a track but isn't in a race and has a whistle to announce its steady pace?
I am something that floats. But after a period of time I fall.
I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the dead. What did I see?