Answers given to the riddles?

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Miss Kent x

1. I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or I can be square.

ANSWER: fingernails

2. I have three letters.
I read the same forward and backwards.
I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see.
It's a word that is important to you and me.

ANSWER: eye

3. I always run but never walk,
often murmur but never talk,
I have a bed but never sleep,
I have a mouth but never eat.

ANSWER: a river


4. I can be stolen or given away and you will live,
yet you cannot live without me.

ANSWER: your heart

5. I have towns but no houses.
lakes, but no water.
forests but no trees.
and mountains but no rocks.

ANSWER: a map


6. The beginning of eternity,
the end of time and space,
the beginning of every end,
and the end of every place.

ANSWER: the letter "E"