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The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Home is behind, the world ahead

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed!

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To: HairOfTheDog

If ecurbh comes out of the house leaping around while wearing yellow boots and a big hat with a feather sticking out of it...

You know, maybe I'll check the nearby hotels. Just in case. *grin*


4,421 posted on 01/05/2006 12:38:41 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Well, get it off your chest then, Master Stormhands :~D

I also read the books after FoTR but I haven't since. In fact, I haven't read anything since, and I've got books here I was sposed to.

Just haven't felt like reading I guess... 'cept the pilantir...


4,422 posted on 01/05/2006 12:38:46 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: RMDupree

I'm not sure he could pull off a Bombadil...

I'm not sure anyone can. Which is, I think, what PJ decided too :~D


4,423 posted on 01/05/2006 12:39:52 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: RosieCotton

I haven't left Rivendell yet. But I did notice that we get more of a description about Moria and Gimli wasn't likely as shocked as the appeared in themovie.

I love themovies enough to accept the changes.

My comment was more that I'm just realizing more of the differences, like dialogue that was moved, etc. I've been fascinated (all over again) by the monumental task of just turning the books into a script.


4,424 posted on 01/05/2006 12:41:25 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. - P Henry)
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To: Corin Stormhands
mmm popcorn!
mmm smooching... :-D
4,425 posted on 01/05/2006 12:41:39 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: HairOfTheDog
Well, get it off your chest then, Master Stormhands :~D

I'm really too shy to share much of my feelings/emotions/thoughts...

4,426 posted on 01/05/2006 12:42:31 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. - P Henry)
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To: Corin Stormhands

No doubt your modesty also leads you to keep from sharing your troubles and trials with others ;-D


4,427 posted on 01/05/2006 12:44:14 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton
I've been fascinated (all over again) by the monumental task of just turning the books into a script.

I finished my re-read of LOTR on Christmas Day and that's exactly what kept coming to mind throughout.

How on earth did they manage it?

4,428 posted on 01/05/2006 12:44:16 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

They included an incredible amount of the original dialog and text - sometimes giving text to characters, which obviously is the only way to get it into the movie. And while I really don't get *some* of the changes (like, for example, most of TTT, and pretty much their whole treatment of Faramir), it's still obvious the movies were made with a lot of love for the original books.


4,429 posted on 01/05/2006 12:44:26 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RMDupree

I left my copy of LOTR in the rental car coming back from CO :( Was half way through my reread.


4,430 posted on 01/05/2006 12:45:12 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: Corin Stormhands; TalonDJ
I'm really too shy to share much of my feelings/emotions/thoughts...

~snicker~

No doubt your modesty also leads you to keep from sharing your troubles and trials with others ;-D

BWAAHAHAHAHAAH! ;-)

4,431 posted on 01/05/2006 12:46:12 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: TalonDJ; JenB; RMDupree; RosieCotton
You should move in with someone who has another copy.


4,432 posted on 01/05/2006 12:46:49 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. - P Henry)
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To: Corin Stormhands

You're a brave Dwarf!


4,433 posted on 01/05/2006 12:47:49 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

I know.... you're an enigma... You never open up. :~D


4,434 posted on 01/05/2006 12:47:54 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: RosieCotton

Faramir's an enigma.


4,435 posted on 01/05/2006 12:48:34 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

His brother was not. He opened right up... ow.


4,436 posted on 01/05/2006 12:49:31 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ

You mean when he was full of holes? ;~D


4,437 posted on 01/05/2006 12:50:51 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

"The ring is altogether evil and no one can resist its power. Except for Faramir." ;~D


4,438 posted on 01/05/2006 12:51:56 PM PST by ecurbh
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To: Corin Stormhands

Oooh, popcorn. Thanks!

(Thought there was a remarkable lack of popcorn following last weekend, which means either you all think we're really boring and there's nothing to eat popcorn about, or that you don't have to ask. Neither of which may be true)


4,439 posted on 01/05/2006 12:52:49 PM PST by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog
I had a barium enigma once.

What?

Oh. Nevermind...

4,440 posted on 01/05/2006 12:53:10 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. - P Henry)
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