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My first is a body of water. My second is me. My third came before. My fourth before all three. My fifth sounds like my first. My sixth is in a lake. Put all six together to make an animal that will keep you awake.
What's as small as a mouse but guards a house like a lion?
Don't do this in the shallow end.
It is able to speak because it has a hard gone. You know what it is as soon as it has sung. What is it?
Though easy to spot, when allowed to plume, It is hard to see, when held in a room.
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?