Властелин колец: Две башни

           ’Wearen’tcarefulaboutthat,’saidMerry.’AsamatteroffactI’maBrandybuck,MeriadocBrandybuck,thoughmostpeoplecallmejustMerry.’

           ’AndI’maTook,PeregrinTook,butI’mgenerallycalledPippin,orevenPip.’

           ’Hm,butyouarehastyfolk,Isee,’saidTreebeard.’Iamhonouredbyyourconfidence;butyoushouldnotbetoofreeallatonce.ThereareEntsandEnts,youknow;orthereareEntsandthingsthatlooklikeEntsbutain’t,asyoumightsay.I’llcallyouMerryandPippinifyouplease-nicenames.ForIamnotgoingtotellyoumyname,notyetatanyrate.’Aqueerhalf-knowing,half-humorouslookcamewithagreenflickerintohiseyes.’Foronethingitwouldtakealongwhile:mynameisgrowingallthetime,andI’velivedaverylong,longtime;somynameislikeastory.Realnamestellyouthestoryofthethingstheybelongtoinmylanguage,intheOldEntishasyoumightsay.Itisalovelylanguage,butittakesaverylongtimetosayanythinginit,becausewedonotsayanythinginit,unlessitisworthtakingalongtimetosay,andtolistento.

           ’Butnow,’andtheeyesbecameverybrightand’present’,seemingtogrowsmallerandalmostsharp,’whatisgoingon?Whatareyoudoinginitall?Icanseeandhear(andsmellandfeel)agreatdealfromthis,fromthis,fromthisa-lalla-lalla-rumba-kamanda-lind-or-burúmë.