Read it aloud?

[The Saucepan Man]

I just started reading the Hobbit to my daughter tonight. I was immensely looking forward to this, loving the book as much as I do, and was readying myself for getting into character as Bilbo and Gandalf and the Dwarves ...

... And then a few pages into the first chapter, as I turned the page, it dawned on me with terrible realisation ...

... There were songs. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

Well, I did my best, but I'm sure that Thorin and company would not have appreciated my rendition of "We must away 'ere break of day ...".

Still, I am immensely enjoying reading it to her. It is great to have a children's book to read to my children that I can enjoy so much at the same time. And there is none better to fit the bill than The Hobbit. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]