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Always old, sometimes new. Never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full. Never pushes, always pulls.
A mile from end to end, yet as close to as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, but shared among children most of all.
A tree with 5 branches, no leaves and no fruits
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own.
Sometimes black, sometimes white, I have veins but no blood
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?