"Few can see wither their road will lead them, till they comes to it's end. - Gimli

Bilbo was sadly reflecting that adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine...
~ J. R. R. Tolkien ~












Bilbo was sadly reflecting that adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine...
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