Walk To Rivendell" aka "The Eowyn Challenge"

[Raefindel]

Gift of the Elves

When they came to make their meal, they found that the Elves had filled their bottles with a clear drink, pale golden is colour: it had the scent of a honey made of many flowers, and was wonderfully refreshing. Very soon they were laughing, and snapping their fingers at the rain, and at Black Riders. The last few miles,they felt, would soon be behind them.

This passage always made me laugh, and yet it also made me wonder...Why would the Elves give to the Hobbits such spirits that would lessen their fear and release their inhibitions? It's like they intentionally put them in danger.