Fellowship of the Ring
CHAPTER VII
In the House of Tom Bombadil
Hullo friends! It’s Friday! – Time for our new chapter!
In this chapter our hobbits spend time with their new friend, Tom Bombadil, and his wife Goldberry, who welcome the four into their home and feed them very well. After a good night’s sleep, they discover that it is raining too hard for them to continue their journey. “This is Goldberry’s washing day,” says Tom, and so they tell stories all day. That evening, though, something odd happens…
‘Show me the precious Ring!’ he said suddenly in the midst of the story: and Frodo, to his own astonishment, drew out the chain from his pocket, and unfastening the Ring handed it at once to Tom. It seemed to grow larger as it lay for a moment on his big brown-skinned hand. Then suddenly he put it to his eye and laughed. For a second the hobbits had a vision, both comical and alarming, of his bright blue eye gleaming through a circle of gold. Then Tom put the Ring round the end of his little finger and held it up to the candlelight. For a moment the hobbits noticed nothing strange about this. Then they gasped. There was no sign of Tom disappearing! Tom laughed again, and then he spun the Ring in the air - and it vanished with a flash. Frodo gave a cry - and Tom leaned forward and handed it back to him with a smile.
Movie Pictures-General This chapter happened “off screen” in the movie… so no specific pictures …
And here is ecurbh’s Timeline if you would like to keep track of what day it is as we go!
Here is a Map of the Shire
And here is a Map of Middle-Earth So we don't get lost!
Index to thread… click link to find the start of each prior chapter discussion:
(First Five chapters are re-posts of highlights from the old forum)
Prologue and Chapter One – A Long-Expected Party
Chapter Two - The Shadow of the Past
Chapter Three – Three is Company … And also here – double post! ugh!
Chapter Four – A Shortcut to Mushrooms
Chapter Five – A Conspiracy Unmasked
End of re-posts
Chapter Six – The Old Forest
Since HairoftheDog is away today, I’m substituting. Overtaxed will be helping me out, so direct your comments to either of us!
For starters...[Tom speaking]:
"Did I hear you calling? Nay, I did not hear; I was busy singing. Just chance brought me then, if chance you call it. It was no plan of mine, though I was waiting for you. We heard news of you, and learned that you were wandering. We guessed you'd come ere long down to the water: all paths lead that way, down to Withywindle. Old Grey Willow-Man, he's a mighty singer; and it's hard for little folk to escape his cunning mazes."