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Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take.
Dies half its life. Lives the rest. Dances without music. Breathes without breath.
A blind man enters a maze, and the entrance closes behind him. His only way out is to solve the maze. A long time passes, and he exits the maze through the correct exit. How did he solve the maze?
My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today.
I can be moved. I can be rolled. But nothing will I hold. I'm red and I'm blue, and I can be other colors too. Having no head, though similar in shape. I have no eyes - yet move all over the place.
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?