Answer:
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Take off my skin I won't cry but you will. What am I?
I am heavy forward, but backward I'm not. What am I?
lighter than feather and softer than silk yet the strongest man in the world cannot hold me for more than a few minutes.
Before I grow I'm small. When I'm old I grow tall. When I die I give a mighty fall.
The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.