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RIDDLE: SHOES by ANONYMOUS

First Line: TWO BROTHERS WE ARE / GREAT BURDENS WE BEAR
Last Line: AND EMPTY WHEN WE GO TO REST
Subject(s): RIDDLES;
Two brothers we are,
Great burdens we bear,
On which we are bitterly pressed;
The truth is to say,
We are full all the day,
And empty when we go to rest.



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