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Learn now the lore of Living Creatures!
First name the four, the free peoples: Eldest of all, the elf-children; Dwarf the delver, dark are his houses; Ent the earthborn, old as mountains; Man the mortal, master of horses; Beaver the builder, buck the leaper, Bear bee-hunter, boar the fighter; Hound is hungry, hare is fearful... Eagle in eyrie, ox in pasture, Hart horn-crowned; hawk is swiftest, Swan the whitest, serpent coldest... Treebeard, speaking to Merry and Pip: "You do not seem to fit in anywhere!" Pip: "Why not make a new line?" "Half-grown hobbits, the hole-dwellers." "Put us in amongst the four, next to Man (the Big People) and you've got it." |
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They are the first new thing under Sun or Moon that I have seen for many a long, long day. I shall not forget them. I have put their names in the Long List.  |
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