I can leap over puddles without legs, bounce back without rubber, and feed a forest stream without a spoon, all while ushering birds back from their winter homes. What am I?
A spring
'Spring' carries multiple meanings: a bound or leap, a coiled metal mechanism, a natural source of freshwater, and the vernal season of the year.
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