Gamba passed a sharp-looking fox speaking with a greycloaked old man, and stopped, and simled. "Hello, " he said to the fox. "Your voice sounds strangely familiar, although I can't place your face at all. Happy Birthday, Bilbo and Frodo, cheers!" He turned. "And you, sir, " he continued, "remind me of Ancalimon as he would have looked a bit later in life. And that's a high compliment."
Gandalf laughed. "I'll take it, such as it is, " he replied.
"Well, " Gamba continued, "You haven't seen Birdland, have you?"
Both the fox and the wizard turned and pointed past a pair of trees to a mild altarcation, and Gamba brightened. "Thank you!" He marched past them, balancing Birdland's wine glass.
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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