Властелин колец: Братство кольца

           Onedayitwasveryhot,andashewasbendingoverapool,hefeltaburningonthebackofhisheadandadazzlinglightfromthewaterpainedhisweteyes.Hewonderedatit,forhehadalmostforgottenabouttheSun.Thenforthelasttimehelookedupandshookhisfistather.

           ’Butasheloweredhiseyes,hesawfarabovethetopsoftheMistyMountains,outofwhichthestreamcame.Andhethoughtsuddenly:"Itwouldbecoolandshadyunderthosemountains.TheSuncouldnotwatchmethere.Therootsofthosemountainsmustberootsindeed;theremustbegreatsecretsburiedtherewhichhavenotbeendiscoveredsincethebeginning."

           ’Sohejourneyedbynightupintothehighlands,andhefoundalittlecaveoutofwhichthedarkstreamran;andhewormedhiswaylikeamaggotintotheheartofthehills,andvanishedoutofallknowledge.TheRingwentintotheshadowswithhim,andeventhemaker,whenhispowerhadbeguntogrowagain,couldlearnnothingofit.’

           ’Gollum!’criedFrodo.’Gollum?DoyoumeanthatthisistheveryGollum-creaturethatBilbomet?Howloathsome!’

           ’Ithinkitisasadstory,’saidthewizard,’anditmighthavehappenedtoothers,eventosomehobbitsthatIhaveknown.’

           ’Ican’tbelievethatGollumwasconnectedwithhobbits,howeverdistantly,’saidFrodowithsomeheat.’Whatanabominablenotion!’

           ’Itistrueallthesame,’repliedGandalf.’Abouttheirorigins,atanyrate,Iknowmorethanhobbitsdothemselves.AndevenBilbo’sstorysuggeststhekinship.Therewasagreatdealinthebackgroundoftheirmindsandmemoriesthatwasverysimilar.