a troll?

[The Saucepan Man]

I think it's one of the great touches in the extended DVD for them to come across William, Burt and Tom. It's one of those moments from the book that has been added into the extended version in what I see as an acknowledgment (olive branch? ) to the fans:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> The sun was now high, and it shone down through the half-stripped branches of the trees, and lit the clearing with bright patches of light. They halted suddenly on the edge, and peered through the tree-trunks, holding their breath. There stood the trolls: three large trolls. One was stooping, and the other two stood staring at him.<P>Strider walked forward unconcernedly. "Get up old stone!" he said, and broke his stick upon the stooping troll.<P>Nothing happened. There was a gasp of astonishment from the hobbits, and then even Frodo laughed. "Well!" he said. "We are forgetting our family history! These must be the very three that were caught by Gandalf, quarrelling over the right way to cook thirteen dwarves and one hobbit." <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It would have been even better in the film if this moment of slight tension, after Pippin has come racing back in a state of agitation warning of three trolls ahead, had been included.