Answer:
What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter.
I am a precious little thing, dancing and eating all the time. Watch me from a distance, so you can feel my warm and gentle love. But don't come to close or my next meal you could be!
how many letters are there in the alphabet
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?