I was in a mall a couple days ago when I stumbled upon a book store that I had been in only once, for I had only been to this mall twice before. I remembered there was a Tolkien section and the last time I had been there I was going to buy some books but didn't have any money. I discovered The Book of Lost Tales 1 and 2, The Lost Road and Other Writings, UT, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and the LotR trilogy. I had not yet acquired the first four. Without thinking twice I pulled them off the shelves (there was only one of each) and went to the purchasing counter. The lady was smiling but she had the look in her eye that said, "You poor child, what did your parents do to you to make you so strange?" I triumphantly walked out of the store after raiding half the Tolkien section.
