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Nex= t morning after a late breakfast, the wizard was sitting with Frodo by the = open window of the study. A bright fire was on the hearth, but the sun was = warm, and the wind was in the South. Everything looked fresh, and the new g= reen of spring was shimmering in the fields and on the tips of the trees=E2= =80=99 fingers. Gandalf was thinking of a spring, nearly eighty years befor= e, when Bilbo had run out of Bag End without a handkerchief. His hair was p= erhaps whiter than it had been then, and his beard and eyebrows were perhap= s longer, and his face more lined with care and wisdom; but his eyes were a= s bright as ever, and he smoked and blew smoke-rings with the same vigour a= nd delight. He was smoking now in silence, for Frodo was sitting still, dee= p in thought. Even in the light of morning he felt the dark shadow of the t= idings that Gandalf had brought. At last he broke the silence. =E2=80=98Las= t night you began to tell me strange things about my ring, Gandalf,=E2=80= =99 he said. =E2=80=98And then you stopped, because you said that such matt= ers were best left until daylight. Don=E2=80=99t you think you had better f= inish now? You say the ring is dangerous, far more dangerous than I guess. = In what way?=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98In many ways,=E2=80=99 answered the wizard. = =E2=80=98It is far more powerful than I ever dared to think at first, so po= werful that in the end it would utterly overcome anyone of mortal race who = possessed it. It would possess him. =E2=80=98In Eregion long ago many Elven= -rings were made, magic rings as you call them, and they were, of course, o= f various kinds: some more potent and some less. The lesser rings were only= essays in the craft before it was full-grown, and to the Elven-smiths they= were but trifles =E2=80=93 yet still to my mind dangerous for mortals. But= the Great Rings, the Rings of Power, they were perilous. =E2=80=98A mortal= , Frodo, who keeps one of the Great Rings, does not die, but he does not gr= ow or obtain more life, he merely continues, until at last every minute is = a weariness. And if he often uses the Ring to make himself invisible, he fa= des: he becomes in the end invisible permanently, and walks in the twilight= under the eye of the Dark Power that rules the Rings. Yes, sooner or later= =E2=80=93 later, if he is strong or well-meaning to begin with, but neithe= r strength nor good purpose will last =E2=80=93 sooner or later the Dark Po= wer will devour him.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98How terrifying!=E2=80=99 said Frodo.= There was another long silence. The sound of Sam Gamgee cutting the lawn c= ame in from the garden. =E2=80=98How long have you known this?=E2=80=99 ask= ed Frodo at length. =E2=80=98And how much did Bilbo know?=E2=80=99 =E2=80= =98Bilbo knew no more than he told you, I am sure,=E2=80=99 said Gandalf. = =E2=80=98He would certainly never have passed on to you anything that he th= ought would be a danger, even though I promised to look after you. He thoug= ht the ring was very beautiful, and very useful at need; and if anything wa= s wrong or queer, it was himself. He said that it was =E2=80=98=E2=80=98gro= wing on his mind=E2=80=99=E2=80=99, and he was always worrying about it; bu= t he did not suspect that the ring itself was to blame. Though he had found= out that the thing needed looking after; it did not seem always of the sam= e size or weight; it shrank or expanded in an odd way, and might suddenly s= lip off a finger where it had been tight.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98Yes, he warned = me of that in his last letter,=E2=80=99 said Frodo, =E2=80=98so I have alwa= ys kept it on its chain.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98Very wise,=E2=80=99 said Gandalf= . =E2=80=98But as for his long life, Bilbo never connected it with the ring= at all. He took all the credit for that to himself, and he was very proud = of it. Though he was getting restless and uneasy. Thin and stretched he sai= d. A sign that the ring was getting control.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98How long hav= e you known all this?=E2=80=99 asked Frodo again. =E2=80=98Known?=E2=80=99 = said Gandalf. =E2=80=98I have known much that only the Wise know, Frodo. Bu= t if you mean =E2=80=98=E2=80=98known about this ring=E2=80=99=E2=80=99, we= ll, I still do not know, one might say. There is a last test to make. But I= no longer doubt my guess. =E2=80=98When did I first begin to guess?=E2=80= =99 he mused, searching back in memory. =E2=80=98Let me see =E2=80=93 it wa= s in the year that the White Council drove the Dark Power from Mirkwood, ju= st before the Battle of Five Armies, that Bilbo found his ring. A shadow fe= ll on my heart then, though I did not know yet what I feared. I wondered of= ten how Gollum came by a Great Ring, as plainly it was =E2=80=93 that at le= ast was clear from the first. Then I heard Bilbo=E2=80=99s strange story of= how he had =E2=80=98=E2=80=98won=E2=80=99=E2=80=99 it, and I could not bel= ieve it. When I at last got the truth out of him, I saw at once that he had= been trying to put his claim to the ring beyond doubt. Much like Gollum wi= th his =E2=80=98=E2=80=98birthdaypresent=E2=80=99=E2=80=99. The lies were t= oo much alike for my comfort. Clearly the ring had an unwholesome power tha= t set to work on its keeper at once. That was the first real warning I had = that all was not well. I told Bilbo often that such rings were better left = unused; but he resented it, and soon got angry. There was little else that = I could do. I could not take it from him without doing greater harm; and I = had no right to do so anyway. I could only watch and wait. I might perhaps = have consulted Saruman the White, but something always held me back.=E2=80= =99 =E2=80=98Who is he?=E2=80=99 asked Frodo. =E2=80=98I have never heard o= f him before.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98Maybe not,=E2=80=99 answered Gandalf. =E2= =80=98Hobbits are, or were, no concern of his. Yet he is great among the Wi= se. He is the chief of my order and the head of the Council. His knowledge = is deep, but his pride has grown with it, and he takes ill any meddling. Th= e lore of the Elven-rings, great and small, is his province. He has long st= udied it, seeking the lost secrets of their making; but when the Rings were= debated in the Council, all that he would reveal to us of his ring-lore to= ld against my fears. So my doubt slept =E2=80=93 but uneasily. Still I watc= hed and I waited. =E2=80=98And all seemed well with Bilbo. And the years pa= ssed. Yes, they passed, and they seemed not to touch him. He showed no sign= s of age. The shadow fell on me again. But I said to myself: =E2=80=98=E2= =80=98After all he comes of a long-lived family on his mother=E2=80=99s sid= e. There is time yet. Wait!=E2=80=99=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98And I waited. Until = that night when he left this house. He said and did things then that filled= me with a fear that no words of Saruman could allay. I knew at last that s= omething dark and deadly was at work. And I have spent most of the years si= nce then in finding out the truth of it.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98There wasn=E2=80= =99t any permanent harm done, was there?=E2=80=99 asked Frodo anxiously. = =E2=80=98He would get all right in time, wouldn=E2=80=99t he? Be able to re= st in peace, I mean?=E2=80=99 =E2=80=98He felt better at once,=E2=80=99 sai= d Gandalf. =E2=80=98But there is only one Power in this world that knows al= l about the Rings and their effects; and as far as I know there is no Power= in the world that knows all about hobbits. Among the Wise I am the only on= e that goes in for hobbit-lore: an obscure branch of knowledge, but full of= surprises. Soft as butter they can be, and yet sometimes as tough as old t= ree-roots. I think it likely that some would resist the Rings far longer th= an most of the Wise would believe. I don=E2=80=99t think you need worry abo= ut Bilbo. =E2=80=98Of course, he possessed the ring for many years, and use= d it, so it might take a long while for the influence to wear off =E2=80=93= before it was safe for him to see it again, for instance. Otherwise, he mi= ght live on for years, quite happily: just stop as he was when he parted wi= th it. For he gave it up in the end of his own accord: an important point. = No, I was not troubled about dear Bilbo any more, once he had let the thing= go. It is for you that I feel responsible. - All rights belong to the book= "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien. If you wish to know how th= e story continues, then read this amazing book. Hobbits are friendly creatu= res who live a traditional lifestyle and love to eat six meals per day. How= ever, in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, Mer= ry and Pippin tell Aragorn that they also love to eat a second breakfast. T= hey are horrified that the man knows nothing about this. The story ends. Th= is text is here only as a placeholder to improve delivery. Please do not ed= it any of the text. I wish you a pleasant day.
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