I've read the "Fellowship" and The Hobbit twice now to my eight-year-old daughter, as well as the "Two Towers" and "Return of the King", The Silmarillion and excerpts from The Unfinished Tales. She loves them all. It's a source of constant conversation, and yes debate. Also, as the reader I found a much richer and deeper appreciation for the overall story, as well as noticing much more of the subtleties.
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The hoes unrecked in the fields were flung, __ and fallen ladders in the long grass lay __ of the lush orchards; every tree there turned __ its tangled head and eyed them secretly, __ and the ears listened of the nodding grasses; __ though noontide glowed on land and leaf, __ their limbs were chilled.
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