True, true. I'm too used to American ways where there is no defined coming of age. (I was especially out of the loop since I never got a driver's license at age 16 and forgot my own 18th birthday. What's going to happen when I turn 21? I hate alcohol!) I always forget that other cultures do put great significance on coming of age.
And yes, in the book Gandalf had a little fireworks display to help hide Bilbo. And he knew all about Bilbo's plan to use the ring that way; in the movie, he seemed pretty angriy surprised.
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WWAHD? (What would a Hobbit do?)
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