The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring.

The root tops the trunk on this backward thing, that grows in the winter and dies in the spring.

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A red house is made out of red bricks. A blue house is made out of blue bricks. What is a green house made out of?

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