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I can warm, or cook, or burn, as many through mistake have learned.   But your answer lies not with me, but with that which I fear, that which gives life to the tree.   What am I?  What is your answer?
A: souse
B: border
C: fire   your answer is water
D: fry cook
E: warm or cool
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Deep Thought is thinking for 7.5 million years.

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C

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