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Princess of Skwerlz
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What an answer to give! You're right, of course, Guinevere, and entitled to go ahead with the next one.
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OK, I waited three days to give others a fair chance; now here's the answer: It was said by the wizard Psamathos to Roverandom - and who could blame the dog for sputtering when trying to pronounce the wizard's name?!
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Correct, of course!
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An appropriate admonition for a slow thread:
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Obviously, nobody heeded this advice...
![]() I suspected Garm to be the speaker, but was to lazy to check it in the book until today. Actually, it's the Willow-Wren, telling Tom Bombadil what she'd say to Old Man Willow!
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How nice to see this thread alive after all! You found the right source of that quote, Guinevere, and may now proceed to baffle us with a new one.
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