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Although my cow is dead, I still beat herΒ What a racket she makes.
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.
What is neither inside the house nor outside the house but a necessity for any home?
Tall in the morning, short at noon, gone at night. But I'll be back soon.
What travels from house to house and is sometimes narrow and sometimes wide but always stays outside?
If lightning strikes an orchestra who is the one most likely to get hit?