Disclaimer: I am not Tolkien. I was never Tolkien. I will never be Tolkien!

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I have heard what has been said about what happened to me after I was released at the Mines of Moria. Of that tale I can say one thing: it's not true. I did not simply happen to wander back to Bree! Surely my admirers (and most of all, my master) think more of me than that!

 If you wish, as I'm sure you do by now, to hear the truth of my journey, read on.

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