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He stands beside the road. In a purple cap at tattered green cloak. Those who touch him, curse him.
I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep. For mystery most often lies beneath my simple speech. Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors, read me backwards, forwards, upside down. Think and answer the question...
Without a bridle, or a saddle, across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see.
What can be seen but never found that only hides in the unwound?
Man walks over, and man swims under. In times of war, it can be burned asunder. What is it?
What language does a billboard speak?