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I give people a huge fright, but at the end I'm sweet. I normally celebrate at night, when there's less heat. What am I?
I am brown and sticky
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
I am a red drum which sound without being touched and grow silent when I am touched.
Used left or right I get to travel over cobblestone or gravel. Used up I vie for sweet success used down I cause men great duress.
In your fire you hear me scream! Creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.