Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Great River
Ifitstillremains,wemusthavepassedityesterdaynight.Wemightlabourfarupstreamandyetmissitinthefog.IfearwemustleavetheRivernow,andmakefortheportage-wayasbestwecanfromhere."
"Thatwouldnotbeeasy,evenifwewereallMen,"saidBoromir.
"Yetsuchaswearewewilltryit,"saidAragorn.
"Aye,wewill,"saidGimli."ThelegsofMenwilllagonaroughroad,whileaDwarfgoeson,betheburdentwicehisownweight,MasterBoromir!"
Thetaskprovedhardindeed,yetintheenditwasdone.Thegoodsweretakenoutoftheboatsandbroughttothetopofthebank,wheretherewasalevelspace.Thentheboatsweredrawnoutofthewaterandcarriedup.Theywerefarlessheavythananyhadexpected.OfwhattreegrowingintheelvishcountrytheyweremadenotevenLegolasknew;butthewoodwastoughandyetstrangelylight.MerryandPippinalonecouldcarrytheirboatwitheasealongtheflat.NonethelessitneededthestrengthofthetwoMentoliftandhaulthemoverthegroundthattheCompanynowhadtocross.ItslopedupawayfromtheRiver,atumbledwasteofgreylimestone-boulders,withmanyhiddenholesshroudedwithweedsandbushes;therewerethicketsofbrambles,andsheerdells;andhereandthereboggypoolsfedbywaterstricklingfromtheterracesfurtherinland.
OnebyoneBoromirandAragorncarriedtheboats,whiletheotherstoiledandscrambledafterthemwiththebaggage.
