Hobbits were originally normal height, but when all the wars were going on (come on, there’s always a battle or war going on) the air became poisoned. The poisoned air became infused in fog, and this tainted fog drifted into the Shire where the hobbits breathed it, and the poisoned fog stunted their growth to exactly half their original height, hence their “alternate” tag of halflings. The hobbits never trusted the “Big People” ever again, because they blamed this occurrence on the Men.
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Why are Merry’s nose and chin crooked? (Anyone who saw FOTR more than once will have noticed this.)
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"The fires of Isengard will spread, and the woods of Tookborough and Buckland will burn, and...and all that was once green and good in this world will be gone! There won't be a Shire, Pippin." ~ Merry, TTT
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