Snip me with scissors and I will grow right back on your scalp; change none of my sounds but alter my spelling, and I am a long-eared rabbit dashing through an Easter meadow. What pair of homophones fits this description?
Hair and hare
This puzzle is built around the homophones 'hair' and 'hare,' which sound identical when spoken aloud. The former refers to strands growing on human skin, whereas the latter is a large, swift cousin of the rabbit.
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