Властелин колец: Братство кольца
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
Hegaveoutthathewasinterestedinhistoryandgeography(atwhichtherewasmuchwaggingofheads,althoughneitherofthesewordsweremuchusedintheBree-dialect).Hesaidhewasthinkingofwritingabook(atwhichtherewassilentastonishment),andthatheandhisfriendswantedtocollectinformationabouthobbitslivingoutsidetheShire,especiallyintheeasternlands.
Atthisachorusofvoicesbrokeout.IfFrodohadreallywantedtowriteabook,andhadhadmanyears,hewouldhavelearnedenoughforseveralchaptersinafewminutes.Andifthatwasnotenough,hewasgivenawholelistofnames,beginningwith‘OldBarlimanhere’,towhomhecouldgoforfurtherinformation.Butafteratime,asFrododidnotshowanysignofwritingabookonthespot,thehobbitsreturnedtotheirquestionsaboutdoingsintheShire.Frododidnotproveverycommunicative,andhesoonfoundhimselfsittingaloneinacorner,listeningandlookingaround.
TheMenandDwarvesweremostlytalkingofdistanteventsandtellingnewsofakindthatwasbecomingonlytoofamiliar.TherewastroubleawayintheSouth,anditseemedthattheMenwhohadcomeuptheGreenwaywereonthemove,lookingforlandswheretheycouldfindsomepeace.TheBree-folkweresympathetic,butplainlynotveryreadytotakealargenumberofstrangersintotheirlittleland.Oneofthetravellers,asquint-eyedill-favouredfellow,wasforetellingthatmoreandmorepeoplewouldbecomingnorthinthenearfuture.‘Ifroomisn’tfoundforthem,they’llfinditforthemselves.
