01-03-2012, 10:49 PM
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A Northern Soul
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Valinor
Posts: 1,847
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The first time I read The Hobbit, I loved these words.
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“Seems to know as much about the inside of my larders as I do myself!” thought Mr. Baggins, who was feeling positively flummoxed, and was beginning to wonder whether a most wretched adventure had not come right into his house. By the time he had got all the bottles and dishes and knives and forks and glasses and plates and spoons and things piled up on big trays, he was getting very hot, and red in the face, and annoyed.
“Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!” he said aloud. “Why don’t they come and lend a hand?” Lo and behold! there stood Balin and Dwalin at the door of the kitchen, and Fili and Kili behind them, and before he could say knife they had whisked the trays and a couple of small tables into the parlour and set out everything afresh. (Chapter 1, An Unexpected Party)
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I hadn't ever heard of a bannock either.
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O! What are you seeking,
And where are you making?
The faggots are reeking,
The bannocks are baking!
O! tril-lil-lil-lolly
the valley is jolly,
ha! ha!
(Chapter 3, A Short Rest)
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Last edited by Legolas; 01-04-2012 at 12:05 PM.
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