Властелин колец: Братство кольца
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
Thiscamechieflyfromablazinglog-fire,forthethreelampshangingfromthebeamsweredim,andhalfveiledinsmoke.BarlimanButterburwasstandingnearthefire,talkingtoacoupleofdwarvesandoneortwostrange-lookingmen.Onthebencheswerevariousfolk:menofBree,acollectionoflocalhobbits(sittingchatteringtogether),afewmoredwarves,andothervaguefiguresdifficulttomakeoutawayintheshadowsandcorners.
AssoonastheShire-hobbitsentered,therewasachorusofwelcomefromtheBree-landers.Thestrangers,especiallythosethathadcomeuptheGreenway,staredatthemcuriously.ThelandlordintroducedthenewcomerstotheBree-folk,soquicklythat,thoughtheycaughtmanynames,theywereseldomsurewhothenamesbelongedto.TheMenofBreeseemedalltohaveratherbotanical(andtotheShire-folkratherodd)names,likeRushlight,Goatleaf,Heathertoes,Appledore,ThistlewoolandFerny(nottomentionButterbur).Someofthehobbitshadsimilarnames.TheMugworts,forinstance,seemednumerous.Butmostofthemhadnaturalnames,suchasBanks,Brockhouse,Longholes,Sandheaver,andTunnelly,manyofwhichwereusedintheShire.TherewereseveralUnderhillsfromStaddle,andastheycouldnotimaginesharinganamewithoutbeingrelated,theytookFrodototheirheartsasalong-lostcousin.
TheBree-hobbitswere,infact,friendlyandinquisitive,andFrodosoonfoundthatsomeexplanationofwhathewasdoingwouldhavetobegiven.
