[LePetitChoux]

Right-o, to start a new thread of this positively delightful game, I'd bes begin with a summary of the rules:
Basically, you conceal one (or several, for the enthusiast) JRRT- related word(s) in a sentence.
If its several, usually the sentence is more like a paragraph.

The simplest is a plain sentence:
Oh no! That huge dinosaur only has one eye!
which contains sauron (dinosaur only.

More difficult is the set of linked words:
They were mainly interested in sailing and boating. Being very cliquey, they were known as the cabal. Rogues, they were considered by the townsfolk. People used to shout at them "You are the Cabal! Rogues you are!" But, this simply went to show how intolerant the townsfolk had become.

Which contains words linked by one of Legolas' many ingenious exclamations:
"Ai! Ai!" wailed Legolas. "A Balrog! A Balrog is come!"
The words are: ai x 2, a x2, Balrog x2 is and come.

The most difficult of all is the set of random JRRT words, such as this one (which also happens to be the current puzzle, as set by me.):

The ghost of Sir Mungo Lip haunted a great many buildings in its time. Palaces, hotels, bars, MI5 headquarters... But his favourite by far was a place in Minsk, in Bar Klinski. The smoky atmosphere, the local gang of thugs, led by Denting Sam, a large, rather bulky character, appealed to Sir Mungo. At Leaf Brew's smell (Leaf Brew was the local beer) Mungo abandoned all his knightly dignity, and began to zoom round the small, dimly lit chamber and singing at the top of his ghoulish voice, "Whether you're here, far away, come to Bar Klinski , wahey! A piece of ham a day keeps the mad cows away! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!", and other such nonsense. In the end, when the bar began losing business, Andy Manfridski, the owner, was forced to show Sir Mungo the peeling, half broken off door.

There are seven words to find, and the only right answers so far are:
Oliphaunt, Goatleaf, Hama and Sandyman.
Three to go!
Good luck to "veteran" and new players alike!


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