Throughout Egyptian history, this insect's likeness has often been used to make amulets. It shares its name with a German car. It makes up about fourty percent of all known insects.

I'm an oven but you don't want to cook in me unless you want ceramic croissants or clay cookies.

A barber knows me, beekeepers too. The phone in your pocket might surprise you, too.

I am born in a cherry, but I am not a fruit. I am roasted in fire, but I do not burn to ash. I am crushed to dust, drowned in water, and bled dry, Yet my sacrifice gives life to your morning.

Kick me, and you have reached the end of the road. Make my list, and adventures wait to unfold. Fill me, then lift with your knees, for I grow heavy with surprising ease.