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If there is a bee in my hand, what is in my eye?
I may seem real but it always turns out I was never there in the first place... you only see me during a certain resting stage.
Before I grow I'm small. When I'm old I grow tall. When I die I give a mighty fall.
The letter S is added to pluralise most words in the English language. eg. Letter to Letters Word to Words and Language to Languages. But I am a word that is pluralised with the addition of the letter C.
I am a protector. I sit on a bridge. One person can see right through me while others wonder what I hide.
Why was the cook arrested?