Well, I had always thought it was a spiteful act of meaningless malice on Sharkey's part to ruin the Shire. He'd lost his chance at the big hand, but he still could ruin something that was precious and special to the man/wizard who had defeated him at the larger game. It was also a way to poison Gandalf's victory.
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I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.
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