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Old 01-12-2001, 04:50 PM   #30
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Re: wargs

&quot;You got a flaming arrow in my wolf!&quot;
&quot;No, you got wolf all over my flaming arrow!&quot;
&quot;Hey, it tastes great!&quot;

What &quot;time-mastering&quot;? I just calls 'em as I sees 'em.<blockquote>Quote:<hr> At the start of the final all out attack by the wolves:

The night was old, and westward the waning moon was setting, gleaming fitfully through the breaking clouds.

...and after the wolves had been driven off:

Slowly the fire died till nothing was left but falling ash and sparks; a bitter smoke curled above the burned tree-stumps, and blew darkly from the hill, as the first light of dawn came dimly in the sky. Their enemies were routed and did not return. &quot;What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?&quot; said Sam, sheathing his sword.<hr></blockquote>That would be Sam, sheathing his sword afterthe first light of dawn came into the sky.

And what could be more unequivocal than &quot;Their enemies were routed and did not return.&quot;? Is there a HoME version with a deleted phrase: &quot;(except to sneak in and clean up the remnants of the dead).&quot;?

Wolf-creature bodies dissolving is no more outlandish than Nazgûl bodies disappearing, (regular) trolls turning to stone in the sunlight, or dragons breathing fire.


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