Answer:
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
I'm not a bird, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I?
I can be driven but have no wheels. I can be sliced but still remains whole
I welcome the day with a show of light. I steathily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn but by noon, I'm gone. What am I?
I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground. Sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.