Answer:
I work when I play and play when I work. What am I?
I am a certain five-letter word and become shorter when you add two letters to me. What am I?
Some try to hide some try to cheat. But time will show we always will meet. Try as you might to guess my name. I promise you'll know when you I do claim.
I work when I play and play when I work
As a stone inside a tree, I’ll help your words outlive thee. But if you push me as I stand, the more I move the less I am.
It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.