Hobbits in a minor work? That has to be
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, I thought, and I found it there.
Quote:
Otter-folk, hobbits said, came by night and loosed her,
dragged her over weir, and up stream they pushed her.
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The "she" referred to is Tom Bombadil's boat.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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