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Poems and Tales of Middle-Earth:
(illustration by John Howe) |
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Dwarves's song to tease Bilbo:
"Chip the glasses and crack the plates!
Blunt the knives and bend the forks!
That's what Bilbo Baggins hates -
Smash the bottles and burn the corks!
Cut the cloth and tread on the fat!
Pour the milk on the pantry floor!
Leave the bones on the bedroom mat!
Splash the wine on every door!
Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl;
Pound them up with a thumping pole;
And when you've finished, if any are whole,
Send them down the hall to roll!
That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!
So carefully! carefully with the plates!"
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The Lord of the Rings
Prelude. The Hobbit
Quotes from Tolkien's Novel
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| The Shire, Gandalf comes to Bag End. |
"The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind,
and people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were very rich, but also because they never
had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the
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" 'Good morning' said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was
very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat.
'What do you mean?' he said. 'Do you wish me a good morning, or mean
that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to
be good on?'
'All of them at once,' said Bilbo."
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" 'We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing
uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them,' " (Bilbo) |
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" 'Good morning!' he said at last. 'We don't want any adventures here, thank you!
You might try over The Hill or across The Water.' By this, he meant the conversation was at an end.
'What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!' said Gandalf. 'Now you mean that you want to get rid of me,
and that it won't be good till I move off.' " |
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" 'Bless me, life used to be quite inter- I mean, you used to upset things
badly in these parts once upon a time.' " (Bilbo) |
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" 'In fact, I will go as far as to send you on this adventure. Very amusing for
me, very good for you - and profitable too, very likely, if you ever get over it.' " (Gandalf) |
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"With that, the hobbit turned and scuttled inside his round green door, and
shut it as quickly as he dared, not to seem rude. Wizards after all are wizards. [...] He had only just had breakfast,
but he thought a cake or two and a drink of something would do him good after his fright." |
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