"Rover did not know in the least where the moon's path led to, and at present he was much too frightened and excited to ask, and anyway he was beginnin...

This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am glad that I have shared in your perils -- that has been more than any baggins deserves.
~ J. R. R. Tolkien ~












This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am gla...
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