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Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning!

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That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with i...more

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When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.

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I hope I never smell the smell of apples again!" said Fili. "My tub was full of ut. To smell apples everlastingly when you can scarcely move and are c...more

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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning...more

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If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to Old Took's great-g...more

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They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and the lights in the wi...more

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In describing a fairy story which they think adults might possibly read for their own entertainment, reviewers frequently indulge in such waggeries as...more

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No one, I fancy, would discredit a story that the Archbishop of Canterbury slipped on a banana skin merely because he found that a similar comic misha...more