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08-04-2003, 12:40 PM
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
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OK, here goes an attempt:
The literary plum-gatherer is the wizard Artaxerxes in Roverandom. The literal plum-gatherer is JRRT's brother, Hilary Tolkien, who owned and lived on a fruit farm at Evesham. Right?
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