Ah, but he was living in the caves then. That was (lessee, 111 - 50) sixty one years ago? Sixty-one years of searching for his Preciousssss, wandering in all sorts of nasty places, being tormented by Sauron himself-- and then released, only to be captured (oh, the indignity) by Strider, and bound, gagged, and driven like a cur all the way to Lorien! Then he was interrogated by Gandalf for a WEEK(would you want to go through that?!?), guarded by the Mirkwood elves, captured by orcs and taken prisoner AGAIN-- til he finally escaped from them and went and hid in nice, cozy old Moria.
No wonder he only had a loincloth left.
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...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.
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