LotR -- Book 1 - Chapter 01 - A Long-Expected Party

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Originally Posted by Morsul the Dark

Granted I didn’t go line by line of the thread. But a quick search for the word “knocking” shows only one mention of the young Habbits knocking holes in the wall, and is used to show youngsters being more adventurous than adult Hobbits.

Now granted they seem to be youngsters but breaking down walls seems to need more discipline than “hey you kids get out of here!” Which simplified seems to be Frodo’s reaction.

Well, we ARE told elsewhere--in this same chapter, I believe--that Hobbit parents are rather easygoing. But, perhaps, this laxity on Frodo's part is proof of that rare temperament amongst Hobbits for NOT rearing children (Bilbo and Frodo are very much oddities for not having families, and there's nothing I read in Frodo's actions from this chapter to the end that indicates any sort of regret about this fate.)