O yes
 

---- --- o-- --- -o -o--, ------, ------, --o----!

Any "k"s?

O K
 

---- --- o-- k-- -o -o--, ------, ------, --o----!

N please

N O K
 

---- --- o-- k-n -o -o--, ------, ------, --o----!

"i"s, please.

I K O N
 

---- --- o-- kin -o -o--, ------, -i----, --o----!

How about S?

I K O N S
 

---- --- o-- kin -o -o--, ------, sis---, --o----!

Aha! :)

"Pish, Tom Bombadil! I'll go and tell my mother;
"Call all our kin to come, father, sister, brother!"

The otter to Tom, in "Bombadil goes boating"

Bravo, Guinevere! Despite the few letters, those that were chosen (Tuor's K was a good choice!) did help give it away. Your turn now.

Thank you, Esty!
Really, I often profit from Tuor's more daring letter choices! ;)
Thank you, Tuor! :)

"----/ --/ -----/ -/ ------/ ---/ -----------/ ----/ -----/ ------/ ---/ -------/ -------/ --/ ---/ ----/"

Well, in that case, how about "m"s to start?

I'm sorry - no M at all :(

"----/ --/ -----/ -/ ------/ ---/ -----------/ ----/ -----/ ------/ ---/ -------/ -------/ --/ ---/ ----/"

"n"s?

Let's try my very conventional favourite - S, please.

NS (no M)

"----/ --/ ---s-/ -/ s-----/ -n-/ -n---------/ ----/ s----/ -----n/ ---/ -----n-/ -------/ --/ ---/ ----/"

"Abwarten und Tee trinken"... T-time!

NST (no M)

"----/ -t/ ---st/ -/ st----/ -n-/ -n------t--/ ----/ st---/ --t--n/ t--/ -n---nt/ -------/ --/ ---/ ----/"

Well, since Guinevere can't ask for her favourite O ;) , I will - please.

TONS (no M)

"----/ -t/ ---st/ -/ st----/ -n-/ -n-o----t--/ -o--/ st---/ --t--n/ t--/ -n---nt/ -o-----/ o-/ o--/ ----/"

R there any Rs?

"a"s?

NO STAR (no M) good choices :)

"--r-/ at/ --ast/ a/ st-r--/ an-/ -n-orr--t--/ -o--/ st---/ r-t--n/ t--/ an---nt/ -o-ra--/ o-/ o-r/ ra--/"

"u"s, please.

OATS RUN (no M)

"--r-/ at/ --ast/ a/ stur--/ an-/ un-orru-t--/ -o--/ st---/ r-t--n/ t--/ an---nt/ -oura--/ o-/ our/ ra--/"

"y"s, please.

ROSY AUNT (no M)

"--r-/ at/ --ast/ a/ stur-y/ an-/ un-orru-t--/ -o--/ st---/ r-t--n/ t--/ an---nt/ -oura--/ o-/ our/ ra--/"

I can recognize enough words in this quote by now, but though it sounds Tolkienesque, it doesn't seem familiar - I have no idea where it might be located. Since I know the other works pretty well, that leaves the "Father Christmas Letters". Should I look there?

Sorry for the delay! :o
I hope you haven't wasted time searching in the Father Christmas letters, because it isn't from there. It's in "Tales from the Perilous Realm"

Thanks for the clue - that does narrow things down!

*digs out the Tales and starts looking...*

"c"s, please.

...and E, please.

I don't know why I'm not finding this, though I've been searching in the "Tales" - it sounds like it should be in "Farmer Giles", but I've paged through that story without success.

SEA COUNTRY (no M)

"-ere/ at/ -east/ a/ stur-y/ an-/ uncorru-te-/ -o--/ st---/ ret--n/ t-e/ anc-ent/ coura-e/ o-/ our/ race/"

@Esty: you're on the right track: it really is from Farmer Giles! (A pompous person speaking ;))

I finally located it! I don't know how I missed it on my numerous skims of the story, but no matter.

It's the King of the Little Kingdom (sorry, I don't feel like typing all of his names and titles :rolleyes: ), speaking of the sitizens of Ham after Farmer Giles' first victory over the dragon.

That's right!
 

Well, it's not a quote I myself would have remembered either.. ;)

My feelings about some quotes occasionally... :rolleyes:

Are there any O's?

O yes!
 

'----- --- ---- o-- -o-- --o-?' .... '- -o-'- -------- ------ ---- o-- ---o--.

"r"s?