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I am an English word that is as long as I am valued. What am I?
I am a small paradise surrounded by dryness and heat. What am I?
When set loose I fly away. Never so cursed as when I go astray.
I am a cold man without a soul. If there is warmth in me, it slowly will kill me. What am I?
I am a shimmering field that reaches far. Yet I have no tracks and am crossed without paths.
What made Cyclops quit teaching?