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Old 01-21-2005, 09:58 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by Dragon Reborn
Why did Tolkien not then address them as "shes"?
Well that's an easy one. The tale told in The Hobbit was written from Bilbo's perspective. And he never realised that the "hes" were in fact "shes".
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