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With a halo of water and a tongue of wood, stone as skin long I stood. What am I?
I can be in your body but never on your placemat. I'm always better when I'm fresh, but you'll never see me in the flesh. What am I?
I come without being fetched at night hides away as soon as daylight strikes. Although I may look small I am much mightier than what you can imagine.
My first is second in line; I send shivers up your spine; not quite shining bright I glitter in the light.
I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. What am I?
Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.