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Alphaelin · 12-30-2002, 11:00 PM

Oooo, I am pea-green with envy about the mint set. Wow. (Of course I guess mine was mint, too *once*.)

My dad had the red set, which he has apparently lost somewhere, and spent most of the last 20 years trying to steal my gold set. (Not to worry, stealing books is sort of a family game. Yes, we are dysfunctional and prefer it that way.) I finally bought him a hard-cover set of TH and the trilogy, but I can't recall the publisher now.

I didn't realize till now how lucky I am to have a parent who encouraged me to read Tolkien. Tho' I don't know what Dad would've done if I had started wearing Elvish-embroidered clothes. My mother would have freaked out completely I fear.

12-30-2002, 11:00 PM	#88
Alphaelin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Tottering about in the Wild Posts: 130	Oooo, I am pea-green with envy about the mint set. Wow. (Of course I guess mine was mint, too once.) My dad had the red set, which he has apparently lost somewhere, and spent most of the last 20 years trying to steal my gold set. (Not to worry, stealing books is sort of a family game. Yes, we are dysfunctional and prefer it that way.) I finally bought him a hard-cover set of TH and the trilogy, but I can't recall the publisher now. I didn't realize till now how lucky I am to have a parent who encouraged me to read Tolkien. Tho' I don't know what Dad would've done if I had started wearing Elvish-embroidered clothes. My mother would have freaked out completely I fear. __________________ Not all those who wander are lost . . . because some of us know how to read a map.