And to Frodo's question "Where then shall I find rest?" from sting, tooth, knife, and long burden; from being stretched too thin; the answer was, The Undying Lands, which Tolkien described as both a purgatory and a reward, and a chance to find healing if it could be found before he died.
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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