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I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red.
Covered in stone and sun. It's home to many but also none. What is it?
What flies without wings? What passes all things? What mends all sorrow? What brings the morrow?
You can tumble in it, roll in it, burn it, animal eat it. Used to cover floors, still used beyond stall doors. Freshens whatever it is placed on. Absorbs whatever is poured into it.
A harvest sown and reaped on the same day in an unplowed field. Which increases without growing, remains whole though it is eaten within and without. Is useless and yet the staple of nations.
A word of five letters, Upside down is the same, A shark does this, But itβs not to blame. What is the word?