Frodo the * * Hobbit

   One more story my brother Eric says I need to include in the memory-a-day blog. And this has a spoiler for anyone who might not have read the Lord of the Rings trilogy or seen the movies.

     In the summer of 1975, just after college graduation and while looking for a job – I was reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Eric had started reading it first – so he was in one book while I was in an earlier one.

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     After Eric finished, he would tease me about what was happening and make stuff up – I would believe some of the things he said and then be surprised when they did not come to pass. And there were other things that I told him were too far-fetched for me to give any credence to whatsoever.

     Like the part about the nine-fingered Hobbit! Oh my gosh, how outrageous could he get – Gollum biting off Frodo's finger – ew! How could Eric's imagination come up with such gruesome stuff? Eric laughed. He said that there was a song the Hobbits would sing after the adventure was long over – the song about the nine-fingered Hobbit. And I expressed more outrage that Eric would expect me to believe such nonsense.

     So you can imagine my mortification to realize that this did indeed come to pass. And duh, there really was no other way for the ring to have gotten into the fire.

     And you can imagine Eric's amusement and satisfaction over all of this.

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