Властелин колец: Две башни
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Gollumcoughedandretched;butthehobbitsbreatheddeep,andsuddenlySamlaughed,forheart’seasenotforjest.Theyfollowedastreamthatwentquicklydownbeforethem.Presentlyitbroughtthemtoasmallclearlakeinashallowdell:itlayinthebrokenruinsofanancientstonebasin,thecarvenrimofwhichwasalmostwhollycoveredwithmossesandrose-brambles;iris-swordsstoodinranksaboutit.andwater-lilyleavesfloatedonitsdarkgently-ripplingsurface;butitwasdeepandfresh,andspilledeversoftlyoutoverastonylipatthefarend.
Heretheywashedthemselvesanddranktheirfillatthein-fallingfreshet.Thentheysoughtforaresting-place,andahiding-place:forthisland,fair-seemingstill,wasnonethelessnowterritoryoftheEnemy.Theyhadnotcomeveryfarfromtheroad,andyeteveninsoshortaspacetheyhadseenscarsoftheoldwars,andthenewerwoundsmadebytheOrcsandotherfoulservantsoftheDarkLord:apitofuncoveredfilthandrefuse;treeshewndownwantonlyandlefttodie,withevilrunesorthefellsignoftheEyecutinrudestrokesontheirbark.
Samscramblingbelowtheoutfallofthelake.smellingandtouchingtheunfamiliarplantsandtrees,forgetfulforthemomentofMordor,wasremindedsuddenlyoftheirever-presentperil.Hestumbledonaringstillscorchedbyfire,andinthemidstofithefoundapileofcharredandbrokenbonesandskulls.
