mark in seattle wrote; >(Bilbo >climbing the tree in Mirkwood always reminded me of it) hey mark, the hobbit and the trilogy entertained me tremendously in my earlier years. gandalf, gollum ,orks, dwarfs, faries, black riders, seven rings, one ring to bind them, one ring to find them, deep fond feelings of the journey for me , thanks for the memory, i know i still have jr's books somewhere in a box in the attic. i shall search for them ......an old friend to be reaquainted , i first read the hobbit/trilogy when i was 20 or so.....ok now you've sent me on a mission...dean
