Friday, January 3, 2003

Troll Sat Alone On His Seat Of Stone Comments

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Troll sat alone on his seat of stone,
And munched and mumbled a bare old bone;
For many a year he had gnawed it near,
For meat was hard to come by.
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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Mette Hansen 13 August 2008

This is one of my favourite poems by Tolkien. Tom Bombadil is also my fav character in Lord of the Rings ;) try reading it out loud and yell the two words.. you know like in verse one: say -...for meat was hard to come by. Then yell: DONE BY! GUM BY! and do it with all the verses. So fun, and it makes you think that Tom was an old crackhead!

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