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Break it and it is better, immediately set and harder to break again
Both punishment and sweet reward, It will befall both fool and lord. It is a spiritual scoreboard, Your every deed it does record.
When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day.
When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you gay. When old, I am valued more than ever.
The one who makes it, sells it. The one who buys it, never uses it. The one that uses it never knows that he’s using it.
The sun bakes them, The hand breaks them, The foot treads on them, And the mouth tastes them. What are they?