Tall when young

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?




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And written with three,
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What word begins and ends with an E, but has only one letter?

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I am under you when I am whole.
I shift above you if you remove the first letter.
I come all around you if you remove the second as well.

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