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I am so simple that I can only point. Yet I guide men all over the world.
I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes. I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole.
Its title means book.
Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?
The moon is my father. The sea is my mother. I have a million brothers. I die when I reach land.
I can only be played on a windy day