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With sharp edged wit and pointed poise. It can settle disputes without making a noise.
They can be harbored, but few hold water. You can nurse them, but only by holding them against someone else. You can carry them, but not with your arms. You can bury them, but not in the earth.
What points the way without a hand. It floats on water but exists on land?
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red.
What can be heard and caught but never seen?
Why was the cook arrested?