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In the forest, this blends in just right, but every December it is covered with lights. What is it?
When the creeper passes, all the grass kneels
What is as big as you are and yet does not weight anything?
Never alive but practically extinct. How we miss the letters pressing the ribbon of ink. What is it?
It's usually found dried, but often kept slicker. Above another need, it's said to be thicker. What is it?
Black we are and much admired. Many seek us if they are tired. We tire the horse, and comfort man, and turn White when we've fulfilled your plan.