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Wait a moment! We shall meet again soon. Tell Saruman that this dainty is not for him. I will send for it at once. Do you understand? Say just that!
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--Sauron's words to Pippin in the palantir, March 5.
Maybe Sauron didn't pay attention to these hobbits because he already had a plausible idea about where the Ring was. Saruman had captured some hobbits, taken it from them, and subsequently been defeated. The Ring had then been captured by Aragorn & Co., which explained their otherwise insane behavior (as Squatter has mentioned).
So a couple of other stray hobbits wandered into Mordor besides.. big deal. The important hobbits, the ones with the Ring, had already been accounted for, as far as Sauron was concerned.
Then again, when the Orcs captured Frodo they seem to have still been under orders to look out for any hobbits and bring them Lugburz... but slowness of communication may have stopped the orders from being changed right away. Or maybe the search efforts WERE very intense and we just couldn't tell from out hobbit's-eye view.
--Belin Ibaimendi
[ September 02, 2002: Message edited by: Belin ]