Not Blue, but Green Is the Sky

My rings tell such a story
Of years past with gracious glory
Where I live is where I stay
From that spot I cannot stray
From my home man taketh me
So they can erect another home, you see
Many others bore into my sides
These things that crawl and things that glide
I weep with beauty or stand with grace
Every year I shed myself to nourish my place

What am I?


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Kangaroo Words 1

Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order.

Example: "rapscallion" contains the word "rascal": RApSCALlion

See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words:
1. exists
2. deceased
3. barren
4. precipitation
5. prematurely

See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word:
6. feasted


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What Do They Say?

The following pairs of words can be unscrambled to make two words that go together, like "this & that." All pairs follow the same theme. Can you determine what they say?


DARK BOG = ______ + ______
COW MEAT = ______ + ______
ASHES SINK = ______ + ______
BRANDY YOKE = ______ + ______


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