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It's shorter than the rest, but when you're happy, you raise it up like it's the best. What is it?
A twiggy home
It can be cracked, It can be made, It can be told, it can be played. What is it?
It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?
Where can you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?
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.