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The Tolkien Translation Game!
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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To bring it to the new page:
Is another hint needed?Old Tuk lives there every year and says his room is old and embarrassing.
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So, is it during Bilbo's speech on his 131st Bday?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Did you mean his 111th birthday? If so, then the quote was a few years later.
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Oh, crap yes. 111th. Ok, but the quote relates to Bilbo surpassing the Old Took in age?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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No, Bilbo wasn't present when it was spoken.
Edit: I just realized that if you're referring to Bilbo surpassing the Old Took, then you're right about it being the 131st birthday, and therefore, the quote was spoken a few years earlier.
Edit: I just realized that if you're referring to Bilbo surpassing the Old Took, then you're right about it being the 131st birthday, and therefore, the quote was spoken a few years earlier.
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But your first response was correct, because I did mean the 111th Party, but got confused.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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I would suggest giving the volume, cause I was thinking entirely the wrong place.
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Is it spoken by a Hobbit?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Even more precise: it's from Book III (which eliminates Frodo and Sam).
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Is it said in Isengard?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Ok; so either Merry or Pippin, and before Isengard....so likely in Fangorn.
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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Pippin to Merry:
"They say the Old Took lived in it year after year, while he and the old room got older and shabbier together - and it has never been changed since he died, a century ago."
"They say the Old Took lived in it year after year, while he and the old room got older and shabbier together - and it has never been changed since he died, a century ago."
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Very close to the original:
Yes, certainly. Faster is better. Don't be too kind!
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude