Answer:
Halo of water, tongue of wood. Skin of stone, long I've stood. My fingers short reach to the sky. Inside my heart men live and die.
What doesn't get any wetter, no matter how much rain falls on it?
A leathery snake, with a stinging bite. I'll stay coiled up, unless I must fight.
Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me when I have flown.
What starts with a 'T', ends with a 'T', and has T in it?
If itβs information you seek, come and see me. If itβs pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?