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What I find most odd about them is that they are able to enter & leave Tom's country not only without his leave but also without his being able to exert any control over them - so much for his being 'Master' ....
Of course, I suppose we have to assume that this (like the other Bombadil poems) was composed by Hobbits & so the whole thing may be a fantasy. Still, its another glimpse into Hobbit folklore, & the idea that they conceived of creatures (other than the Man in the Moon) with an extra-terrestrial origin is interesting. Makes you wonder what kind of stories they told around the fireside....
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