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A certain wizard resided in a city made from this gemstone.
What can stand in place of a country but still fold away in a drawer?
I fly through the air on small feathered wings, seeking out life and destroying all things.
I scribble forms of the finest letter, And repel elements of the harshest weather. I am an arrow-aimer and a dust-breaker.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?