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I am mother and father, but never give birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?
I can wake you up in the morning but I require no electricity or winding. What am I?
With a halo of water and a tongue of wood; stone as skin long I stood.
I go up and never come down no matter how hard you wish. As I get higher more wrinkles crawl onto your face.
I have roots that no one sees and I am taller than trees. Up, up I go, but never do I grow. What am I?
What can you lose that will cause other people to lose theirs too?