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White fat and fluffy, May even look like a puppy. Seems heavy but is light, Floats about without a worry, But if it turns dark you have to hurry!
As I walked along the path I saw something with four fingers and one thumb, but it was not flesh, fish, bone or fowl.
My life can be measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe.
What has two spines and a lot of ribs, and carries much but never moves?
There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.