In Rivendell, Bilbo gave Frodo two of his most treasured possessions:
1. A teddy bear to be "a hug in dark places when you're scared and need your mommy,"
and 2. 50 boxes of Cracker Jacks each with "Free Ring with Elvin Writing" stamped on the side to give out to the Nazgul so EVERYBODY would FINALLY be happy!
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"'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.'
As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth.
'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice.
'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough:
One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"
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