Monday, August 26, 2024

My father and I just finished rereading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

My father and I just finished rereading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Sometimes one needs to go back to their roots, walk familiar roads even they be filled with doubt and danger with a Dragon at the end laying upon stolen, hoarded gold. Such was our need, to travel again with Mr. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, who went on a most extraordinary adventure with thirteen dwarves and the wizard Gandalf. 

"If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the mountains were full of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way (as he did) – if you do not already know all about these things – much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves..." - J.R.R. Tolkien.


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