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He stands beside the road. In a purple cap at tattered green cloak. Those who touch him, curse him.
Some live in me, some live on. And some shave me to stride upon. I rarely leave my native land. Until my death I always stand. High and low I may be found. Both above and below ground.
Two horses, swiftest traveling, harnessed in a pair, and grazing ever in places. Distant from them.
how many letters are there in the alphabet
I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me. Lower light I never see.
What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?