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The Only Real Estel · 10-10-2003, 10:20 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>In any case it wasn't necessarily a mistake. Whilst it does not sit well, it is quite possible that since all 4 hobbits are portrayed as friends, Sam could be well aware that Merry & Pippin had a habit of stealing from a Farmer Maggot.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That's diffentatly a good possiblity, & most likely the answer to the question. I really hadn't thought of it before, but I'm sure that Sam had heard of Farmer Maggot sometime in his childhood. Maggot was probably at all the parties anyway...

10-10-2003, 10:20 AM	#6
The Only Real Estel Raffish Rapscallion Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Far from the 'Downs, it seems :-( Posts: 2,835	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>In any case it wasn't necessarily a mistake. Whilst it does not sit well, it is quite possible that since all 4 hobbits are portrayed as friends, Sam could be well aware that Merry & Pippin had a habit of stealing from a Farmer Maggot.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That's diffentatly a good possiblity, & most likely the answer to the question. I really hadn't thought of it before, but I'm sure that Sam had heard of Farmer Maggot sometime in his childhood. Maggot was probably at all the parties anyway...