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A horrid monster hides from the day, with many legs and many eyes. With silver chains it catches prey. And eats it all before it dies. Yet in every cottage does it stay. And every castle beneath the sky.
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.
In your fire you hear me scream, creaking and whining, yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
What binds two people yet touches only one?
You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows.