Nor was he content merely to read about dragons. When he was about seven he began to compose his own story about a dragon. “I remember nothing about it except a philological fact,” he recalled. “My mother said nothing about the dragon, but pointed out that one could not say ‘a green great dragon‘, but had to say as ‘great green dragon‘. I wondered why and still do.”

Good question Mr. Tolkien. I‘ve wondered the same.
#jrrtolkien #lotr #biographies

“The strangest strangers turn out to know it and we talk about Gandalf and mad Gollum and the bridge of Khazad-dûm while the party or classroom or the train rattled along unheard. Old friends rediscover it, as I do-to browse through any book of the Ring trilogy is to get hooked once more into the whole legend-and we talk of it at once as though we had read just read it for the first time“ -Peter S Beagle,the forward.❤️YES❤️#lordoftherings #tolkien

To buy or not to buy? That‘s an obvious question! *click*

Every time I move to a new town the first thing I do is check out the new library. This book has been on my list for a while. I‘m excited. So far it‘s full with a lot more hope than I thought it be. #lewisandclarklibrary #library #libraries