Gandalf is of the race of Crotchety Old Folks, more commonly known as the Geezers. They are characterized by long canes which look like walking sticks, long beards for stability in walking, and long cloaks which later became the basis for Scottish kilts and ladies dresses, combined with their uncanny ability to continuously infuriate all other races of M-E by never going more than 35 MPH in a 50 MPH zone!
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Who is Sauron, and why did he become evil?
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"'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.'
As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth.
'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice.
'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough:
One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"
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