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Hold the tail, while I fish for you.
Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night, cunning but affectionate if given a bite. Never owned but often loved. At my sport considered cruel, but that's because you never know me at all.
The ones who see it may go blind, Contracting the fool's madness. You have to dig to find it, Crush big stones or mine it. Wash dirt clumps in a pan and wait for it to settle, A shiny, precious metal.
I scribble forms of the finest letter, And repel elements of the harshest weather. I am an arrow-aimer and a dust-breaker.
What word starts with 'E', ends with 'E', but only has one letter? It is not the letter 'E'.
Why was the cook arrested?
Difficult
Animal
Easy
Food
Funny
Kids
Logic
What am I?