Dec 7, 2008

Sung Kim Night Stroll painting

strong place and walking openly into the arms of death. At least, that is how I see it.'Frodo caught something new and strange in Boromir's glance, and he looked hard at him. Plainly Boromir's thought was different from his final words. It would be folly to throw away: what? The Ring of Power? He had said something like this at meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the colour of cream. Gimli took up one of the cakes and looked at it with a doubtful eye.`Cram,' he said under his breath, as he broke off a crisp corner and nibbled at it. His expression quickly changed, and he ate all the rest of the cake with relish.`No more, no more!' cried the Elves laughing. `You have eaten enough already for a long day's march.'`I thought it was only a kind of cram, such as the Dale-men make for journeys in the wild,' said the Dwarf.`So it is,' they answered. `But we call it lembas or waybread, and it is more strengthening than any food the Council, but then he had accepted the correction of Elrond. Frodo looked at Aragorn, but he seemed deep in his own thought and made no sign that he had heeded Boromir's words. And so their debate ended. Merry and Pippin were already asleep, and Sam was nodding. The night was growing old.In the morning, as they were beginning to pack their slender goods, Elves that could speak their tongue came to them and brought them many gifts of food and clothing for the journey. The food was mostly in the form of very thin cakes, made of a

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