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My first is a heir; My second's a snare; my whole is the offspring of fancy; which I sent out of play upon Valentine's day As a token of love to my Nancy.
I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?
I am a certain five-letter word and become shorter when you add two letters to me. What am I?
The more you take away from it the larger it becomes. What is it?
A man goes out in heavy rain with nothing to protect him from it. His hair doesn't get wet. How does he do that?