Властелин колец: Две башни
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Frodo’sfacewaspeaceful,themarksoffearandcarehadleftit;butitlookedold,oldandbeautiful,asifthechisellingoftheshapingyearswasnowrevealedinmanyfinelinesthathadbeforebeenhidden,thoughtheidentityofthefacewasnotchanged.NotthatSamGamgeeputitthatwaytohimself.Heshookhishead,asiffindingwordsuseless,andmurmured:`Ilovehim.He’slikethat,andsometimesitshinesthrough,somehow.ButIlovehim,whetherorno.’
GollumreturnedquietlyandpeeredoverSam’sshoulder.LookingatFrodo,heshuthiseyesandcrawledawaywithoutasound.Samcametohimamomentlaterandfoundhimchewingsomethingandmutteringtohimself.Onthegroundbesidehimlaytwosmallrabbits,whichhewasbeginningtoeyegreedily.
’Sméagolalwayshelps,’hesaid.`Hehasbroughtrabbits,nicerabbits.Butmasterhasgonetosleep,andperhapsSamwantstosleep.Doesn’twantrabbitsnow?Sméagoltriestohelp,buthecan’tcatchthingsallinaminute.’
Sam,however,hadnoobjectiontorabbitatall,andsaidso.Atleastnottocookedrabbit.Allhobbits,ofcourse,cancook,fortheybegintolearntheartbeforetheirletters(whichmanyneverreach):butSamwasagoodcook,evenbyhobbitreckoning,andhehaddoneagooddealofthecamp-cookingontheirtravels,whentherewasachance.
