Goblin because all the others are more like animals rather than humans, but the Goblins are closer to humans than animals.

no...think about the hobbit

Bombariffic

The hobbit as in the book or the people?
Well, I'll go with spider as it's the only creature that exists in the real world.

Thinking the Hobbit as a book...would the answer be warg 'cause there weren't any in that book (or were there? Can't really remember)

Or warg 'cause one doesn't ride a spider, a dragon neither a goblin.

Dragon because it was the only one that talked, and was a character, in The Hobbit.

still no, and not really on the right track...(I did mean the hobbit as the book, by the way).

Clue: Think about the situation in which all of these animals are found in "The Hobbit".

Bombariffic

[ October 19, 2003: Message edited by: tom bombariffic ]

What about wargs because they were the only ones not to speak in a tounge that Bilbo could understand.

Warg because Bilbo did not "find" those. He "found" spiders in Mirkwood, he "found" Goblins in the Misty Mountains, and he "found" the Dragon Smaug. The Wargs came upon him rather than him coming upon them.

Spiders 'cause they didn't participate in the battle?

Is it WARG, because all the others are found living either in or around a mountain?

getting close now...but its not wargs.

Bombariffic

Was it Goblins because they went searching for Bilbo and co. as opposed to being happened upon?

still no...the first guess was closer!

Think more about the way in which the enemy attack them...I really cant say any more!

Bombariffic

Oh, is it to do with fire? They fought the goblins with fire, the wargs with fire, and Smaug used fire on them. Is it spiders then?

(lol I dont know why I'm trying this, I'm never going to be able to think up a decent OCO after this one...)

sorry, I've been away for a few days...

ok well this is dragging out so think about the way in which each of these creatures attacks thorin's company in the hobbit. Think about their tactics.

Bombariffic

The dragon, since it's the only one to attack them alone, the others attacked in groups?

Well, they all trapped or captured Thorins's company, but only Smaug did so without really intending to do so. He brought down the door in the side of the Lonely Mountain in his anger with no intent to trap the company, while all of the others trapped them intentionally:

The Goblins captured them and brought them in bonds to their Chief.

The Wargs trapped them in the trees.

The Spiders ensnared them in their webs.

So I'll go for Smaug, the Dragon, on that basis.

HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!

saucepan man has it exactly right! well done, well done, and lets have a new question, master saucepan man, hoom hoom.

Bombariffic

Why thank you Bombariffico. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Cow
Dog
Eagle
Horse

Cow because it was the only one that never exhibited any form of superior intelligence.

Horse --> Shadowfax (one smart horse!)
Dog --> Huan
Eagle> Thorondor, Gwaihir, etc.

Maybe eagle, because there wasn't an eagle in the song Frodo made in The Pranching Pony?

Both good answers, but not what I had in mind.

Lol I shall be simple, and say Eagle, because its the only one which can fly, just in case Saucepanman is trying to give us a trick question?

Oooh, or, is it cow, becuase all the others have bourne someone on their backs?

Dog -- Huan, carried Luthien

Horse -- Well, Duh.

Eagle -- Carried Bilbo and co. from the fire?

I'm gonna make a stupid anwser becaseu my b-day is tommorrow, Eagle becasue it was at the top of the food chain, or Dog becaseu Huan, was "Mortally Wounded" by Draugilin?

Nope. Neither of those answers are correct. But you have identified the right dog.

Cow because for so far I know there isn't a single cow who could understand the human Language.

Nope. Again, a good answer, but not the one that I have in mind.

Hint: Think of another word used by Tolkien for cow.

Eagle is odd out because eagles are applyed to Manwë

Opposed to:
Dog/Huan - one of Oromes hunting dogs
Horse/Nahar - horse of Orome
Cow/The kine of Araw --> Araw=Orome

... maybe

... definately maybe. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Eagle is the odd one out, because all the others are associated with Orome, whereas the Eagles are associated with Manwe.

Carry on Telchar. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Cow
Deer
Swan
Fox
Cat


HINT: I think that this is actually an poor OCO because the OCO did something that the others didn't - which is not my usual style of asking (sorry) but it's the best I can come up with.

My first volley of shots, then,
Cow: jumped over the moon
Deer: danced with Nessa
Swan: traversed the great Sea
Fox: remarked upon hobbits camping at night
Cat: captured Beren in the early 'Beren and Luthien' tale

I'll go for cat, since it's the only one that served Morgoth/Sauron.

One of Gwaihirs is close, but not spot on...

Swan, because it was part of a city/lived in a city (Alqualondë)?

nope

Swan, the only animal in that list to be used as someone's emblem.

nope...

HINT: anormaly / JRRT Writing style

The Fox, because it is the only creature whose thoughts we are privy to?

Correct Saucepans - an JRRT oddity [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Drat. Wish I'd remembered this post sooner..I love that little fox! Its just this little bit that sticks out in my mind...yah...anyway..thats all I have to say...