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1. Walking through the fields, I spied one of a pair in a soft shade of grey, like the wings and breast of a cooing bird. What bird-colored item of clothing did I find?
2. It was cold, so I slipped my shivering fingers into a handwarmer made of pale, yellow-brown faux fur. What sandy-colored clothing accessory was I wearing?
3. Not content with wearing cowhide jackets and gloves that look brand new, some people find ways to make these items look older, placing them in water and wearing them wet for a custom fit, even sandpapering and gouging for a worn look. What are these people trying to do?
4. The dog gnawed a hole right through the thumb of one knitted item I need to put on my hand! What do I have now?
5. I think the dog got to my granddaughter's softball glove, or maybe she forgot to properly season it, because it has a big tear all the way down the middle. What could we call this damaged glove she used as a catcher for her team?
6. Medical workers often use disposable gloves made of a special kind of rubber material. If they piled them all in one stack, like a mountain, what might we rhymingly call the very tip top of the pile?
7. If at an animal rights demonstration we are urging a legal ban on the use of the soft skin of young goats in making gloves, what rhyming admonition might we write on our sign?
8. A dealer at a textile market offered cloth made using an ancient process that condenses, mats, and presses down the fibers of wool. How could you say in rhyme that he sold and distributed this woolen fabric sometimes used for gloves?
9. In medieval Europe, one knight might insult and challenge another by tearing off his long-cuffed glove and throwing it on the ground. If a knight made this challenge on a clear night when the moon was full, what near rhyme describes his glove as it would appear in the reflected light?
10. Michael Jackson famously performed while wearing a single glove, studded with crystals that sparkled in the spotlight. If a collector begs, whines, connives, and shamelessly manipulates to acquire some of the shiny decorations from Michael's glove, what could we say - in rhyme - that he does?
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