Answer:
What is born long, dies short, and spends its life leaving a trail?
It breathes fire in fairy-tales
Kids love this bouncy, sugary, treat. It's like colorful rubber that you can eat.
Small and bearded, both in the real world and in stories.
It's real until the trick is revealed.
I never sleep yet sometimes I weep. I can get angry or just be happy. Wherever you go, I will follow. No matter what you do, I will be there. I cannot die. What am I?