'I will take the Ring,' he said, 'though I do not know the way.'" At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo's side in Rivendell filled all his heart. A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. All the Council sat with downcast eyes, as if in deep thought. "Frodo glanced at all the faces, but they were not turned to him. You have frightened me several times tonight, but never in the way that one of his spies would-well, seem fairer and feel fouler, if you understand.'" 'I believed that you were a friend before the letter came,' he said, 'or at least I wished to. He thought as little as possible about the Ring." Following Bilbo was uppermost in his mind, and the one thing that made the thought of leaving bearable. It seemed somehow the proper day on which to set out and follow him. He had indeed privately made up his mind to leave on his fiftieth birthday: Bilbo's one hundred and twenty-eighth. When autumn came, he knew that part at least of his heart would think more kindly of journeying, as it always did at that season. Bag End seemed a more desirable residence than it had for years, and he wanted to savour as much as he could of his last summer in the Shire.
"To tell the truth, he was very reluctant to start, now that it had come to the point. I wonder if I shall ever see him again.'" But I begin to wish, somehow, that I had gone too. How abominable! I would give them Bag End and everything else, if I could get Bilbo back and go off tramping in the country with him. Frodo was neither very fat nor very timid indeed, though he did not know it, Bilbo (and Gandalf) had thought him the best hobbit in the Shire." "There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit, waiting for some final and desperate danger to make it grow. Please know your incredible work and gift of talent is very much appreciated. and I'm so grateful you found your way to him. He's an amazing character and an icon for selfless bravery and nobility. Thank you for bringing Frodo to us in a way where we can appreciate his strength and vulnerability, sadness and delights, defeats and achievements, despair and love. Hope you enjoy them." -Grammaboodawgįor Elijah Wood on his birthday. When there were slow spots in the story, I started posting my BS (Book Spoilers) to fill in gaps of Rohan. Then, in March of 2002, I got the brainy idea to share my madness and post them here according to our calendar day. I don't always list something for every year if there's nothing going on just occasionally for a point of reference. If it says no text but there's something there.
So, I've made notes that say (from the appendices) or (not from the appendices). There are a lot of events in the story that are not listed in the appendices. I started keeping a file on what was happening to them on any given day based on the timeline in Appendix B of the Appendices so if there was something going on during any given day and/or year (in 3018, 3019, etc.), I listed them all together. As I've read Lord of the Rings for over 30 years, I'd always wondered what was going on with the other members of the Fellowship when I was reading about Sam and Frodo in Ithilien or Merry and Pippin after they were split apart.
"For our newbies who may be wondering what these are about, I started posting TIME almost two years ago.