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In your fire you hear me scream creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
A dragon's tooth in a mortal's hand, I kill, I maim, I divide the land.
I give people a huge fright but at the end I'm sweet. I normally celebrate at night when there's less heat.
In the sun I like to play; in the rain I goes away; walk or run I always follow; in the mud I always wallow.
I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by objects but built by minds.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.