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Illustrated by Alan Lee |
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JANUARY 1999 JUST AT THE MOMENT THE WOLVES TROTTED HOWLING INTO THE CLEARING. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF EYES LOOKIN AT THEM. |
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FEBRUARY 1999 THE LAND ABOUT THEM GREW BLEAK AND BARREN... THERE WAS LITTLE GRASS, AND BEFORE LONG THERE WAS NEITHER BUSH NOR TREE, AND ONLY BROKEN AND BLACKENED STUMPS TO SPEAK OF ONES LONG VANISHED. THERE WERE COME TO THE DESOLATION OF THE DRAGON... |
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MARCH 1999 BILBO WAS HORRIFIED, NOW THAT HE NOTICED THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME DANLING IN THE SHADOWS, TO SEE A DWARVISH FOOT STICKING OUT OF THE BOTTOMS OF SOME OF THE BUNDLES, OR HERE AND THERE THE TIP OF A NOSE, OR A BIT OF BEARD OR OF A HOOD. |
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APRIL 1999 "WHO ARE YOU THAT COME ARMED FOR WAR TO THE GATES OF THORIN SON OF THRAIN, KING UNDER THE MOUTAIN ?" |
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MAY 1999 THERE WAS ONLY A NARROW BRIDGE OF STONE WITHOUT A PARAPET, AS NARROW AS A PONY COULD WELL WALK ON... |
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JUNE 1999 QUICKLY NOW TO THE TOP OF THIS ROCK THE EAGLES SWOOPED ONE BY ONE AND SET DOWN THEIR PASSENGERS. |
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