Riddle #927

I'm tall when I'm young, I'm short when I'm old, and every Halloween I stand up inside Jack O Lanterns. What am I?

What gets wet while it's drying?

I taste sweet and juicy. I smell fruity. I feel rough and wet. I look like a bumpy ball. What am I?

I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg, I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole, I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. What am I?

I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?

I have billions of tiny stones but no mountains. I have waves but no hair. People lie on me to feel the warmth of the sun. What am I?

I'm in your phone. Sometimes I laugh. Sometimes I cry. I even flip you off from time to time. What am I ?

I have wings but I'm not a bird I am small and colorful. I live in gardens and fields and forests. I used to be a caterpillar. I am a...

You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. What am I?

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

You will throw me away when you want to use me. You will take me in when you don’t want to use me. What am I?