There certainly was, Kaiserin. Pippin & Merry tricks an orc into thinking they have the ring the way you described. He then takes both (one hobbit under each arm!) & runs away from the rest of the orcs with them. But he gets killed, & suddenly Merry & Pippin find themselves away from the orcs & in relative security when the Rohan riders make their attack - that's how it happens in the books.<P>I think, returning to the subject of this thread, that the key is that Sauron isn't sure where the ring might be. He does know that at least until recently it was possesed by a hobbit...
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