A dash, a sprinkle, a tiny amount, Using too much means your victory won't count. Once you reveal it, it can't be undone, You still don't know it? Then you might need one.

My first four letters end in five, My last three a friend always by your side. With a pretty strap or handle to hold, It carries stories and secrets yet untold.

I start twice the same, like a stutter in thought, End with a vessel that Noah once sought. I burrow for dinner where night insects hide, With stripes on my snout and a tongue far too wide. I’m first in a book but last to be guessed. A mammal so odd I confuse every test.

Here, have a seat, but don't lean back, or else you'll have a bad fall. If you ever see a bloody one of me, don't hesitate, give the doctor a call.

More letters than the alphabet and I can travel door to door.