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In your fire you hear me scream, creaking and whining, yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
A device for finding furniture in the dark.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.
What does everyone know how to open but not how to close?
Hold these between your knees if you want to set a Cuban beat.
I have two eyes in the front and a lot of eyes on my tail
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?