Answer:
Face with a tree, skin like the sea. A great beast I am. Yet vermin frightens me.
A man walks out of a house that has four walls all facing north. A bird walks past him. What is it?
A stellar five-Βlimbed sea creature.
What is common to eat before it's born and after it's dead?
What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
I repeat only the last word you say. The more I repeat, the softer I got. I cannot be seen but can be heard. What am I?