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My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale. But I'm always ready to tell a tale.
RUGBY = 9, TENNIS = 14, FOOTBALL = 12, HOCKEY = 16, SWIMMING = ?
Inside a great blue castle lives a shy young maid. She blushes in the morning and comes not out at night.
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red.
The more of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
If itβs information you seek, come and see me. If itβs pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?