Riddle #8

Prefers winter to summer

Likes mountains and the north alike

While traveling in packs they can appear as one

But when looking for twins there are none

Riddle #7

Has four legs

Occasionally two or three

Can hold your body

When tired you may be

If you long for its embrace

To it you may go

But when asked to return the favor

The answer is always no

Riddle #6

Whispers, growls, howls

Words unknown and lips unseen

Going high and coming low

Not knowing where it's been

Riddle #5

Dead but grows

Shines and glows

But it may fade away

As time goes on 

Its color will change

Giving to some, sadness at that stage

Riddle #4

Always eats but never swallows

Taking in and spitting out

In its mouth it only carries

Continuing to move about

Never forward and never back will it ever go

If you signal for it, it will always show

Riddle #3

Telling stories of the past

For as long as it may last

Hides away during the day

But at night comes out to play

Riddle # 2

I adorn tips, tops, and edges

Giving life to that which I touch

There comes a time to leave my home

But onto it I clutch

If ever I should let it go 

In my color it will show

From soft to hard I shall change

Crumbling and cracking, I may come to look quite strange