I would liken LotR to Huck Finn. To the child Huck Finn is a wonderful adventure story, but to the adult it is a story tinged with satire and other meanings. Like this LotR is, wait, LotR is an adventure story to the adult too. Heheh [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
If they can hold an intelligible conversation with someone then I think they are already beyond the age that a book like LotR would be enjoyable and understandable to them.
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