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What gets wetter as it dries?
I am heavy forward, but backward I'm not. What am I?
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
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?
I can wake you up in the morning but I require no electricity or winding.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.