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I am of several different kinds, but the one you pick doesn't do its job. What am I?
I have green hair a round red head and a long thin white beard.
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
I go into the water black and come out red. What am I?
Runs over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night sits not alone, With long tongue hanging out, Resting at your feet until we go for a walk