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I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. The one who buys me cuts my tail, takes off my suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead. What am I?
What three letters change a boy into a man?
What is black and white and red all over?
I am bought by the yard but worn by the foot
Taken from a mine and then locked up in a wooden case. I am used by students everyday.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.