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Some adults still use these to count.
It could make arrows fly and kites soar. What is it?
This is a dish containing beans, sometimes baked but, despite the name, usually stewed, in a sauce
Rotten trees and Jack-O-Lanterns have this characteristic in common.
What hangs in the sky by day but at night goes away?
You can always see it, but it's too far away to touch. Mountains rest on it, and at sea it surrounds you. What is it?