I replicate a natural form, of that which brews inside a storm. Fill me on-site, hold me just right, and we will sustain life tonight. There's no need to undress, or make a mess...we're doing it all in plain sight!

On the most common of animal companions, I find myself in five places. I can indicate a tight race, or guide you through different spaces. I can come in columns and rows, Assist a sail as the wind blows, or detect for the hunter the prey it chases.

Fuzzy brown without, within I’m green or yellow or ruby red. Little black dots all over. Also named after a bird. What am I?

I can be a most serious transgression, or the number one rule. In church, I'm part of a college, but not a school. I never get lost, feathers striking as a jewel. To some I visit as the departed, even when the weather begins to cool.

I can run, but never walk. I have a mouth, but never talk. I have a bed, but never sleep. What am I?