Answer:
It's like food but water kills it. What is it?
What tree that definitely grows does not have a shadow and does not grow fruit?
They can be harbored, but few hold water. You can nurse them, but only by holding them against someone else. You can carry them, but not with your arms. You can bury them, but not in the earth.
What is it which builds things up? Lays mountains low? Dries up lakes, and makes things grow? Cares not a whim about your passing? And is like few other things, because it is everlasting?
I wear a red robe, with staff in hand, and a stone in my throat.
If itβs information you seek, come and see me. If itβs pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?