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Mood: Sleepy ]
So we had a bit of a break there as I accidentally left Fellowship of the Ring back in Ottawa when I went to Polaris 25. Not on purpose! Honestly!
Since my last entry, the hobbit boy band (as I have come to think of Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin) finally leave the Shire.
Which one is the dreamiest?
We are treated to scene after scene of the boys wandering through the forest. They get lost, they are attacked by trees and other dark creatures. Luckily for them, they are rescued by Tom Bombadil, sort of a Dionysus crossed with Father Christmas crossed with Jesus kind of character. He also has lots of food, which I am beginning to see as a theme in Tolkein’s work, so the hobbits are happy.
How does a man like this . . .
. . . bag a chick like this?
The boys somehow manage to leave the Tom’s Buffet Palace and head to the Prancing Pony, a pub in the town of Bree. There they get drunk, make a fool of themselves in front of the locals and then meet up with Stryder. I sense now the plot is going to finally get moving. At about the half-way point.
And people wonder why I never finished this book the first time?
He may look crazy, but you should trust him anyways.