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Old 04-25-2005, 05:21 PM   #11
littlemanpoet
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Smith, I believe, was not meant to be included either.
Oh, I know.

But imagine if it were.... Who were those Elven warriors that came out of the silent sea? Feanor and his sons plus some hangers on, just after the kinslaying?

Yeah, I know it's a really, really steep reach, but heck why not?

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Of course, if we did include Roverandom then it would make it a bit easier to explain the talking animals in TH & LotR!
Having just read the chapters on Beorn and the Spiders, I really don't have any trouble with the talking beasts. They just feel like they fit in The Hobbit. And that Fox in the early part of the FotR, I always loved that little inclusion. It just helped to make Middle Earth that much more of a place I want to go.

H=I:Is this just an example of one of those common themes that haunted Tolkien's mind?

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Aw, do ya really think so? (Har har.)
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