I am a tiny home abandoned on the beach, washed up by the ocean waves. Pick me up and hold me to your ear, and you might hear the sea whispering inside me. What am I?
A seashell
Seashells are hard protective outer layers discarded by marine animals onto the sand. The riddle references the famous legend that holding a hollow seashell to your ear sounds like listening to the ocean tide.
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