Voting early on the twelfth day was wide spread, then it seemed for a time that Niggle would get the boot for being too much like the Formen man. But two late votes saved the absent minded painter and ousted the dread creatures of the swamp:
The Mewlips: 3 votes
Niggle: 2 votes
The Wizard Ataxerxes: 1 vote
Girabbit: 1 vote
And so, the Mewlips' valley was fumigated, decontaminated, detoxified, flooded, and sprayed with industrial strength RAID until the Mewlips were effectly wiped out.
*sniff*
Diamond is sad. I can't help it, that's my favorite Tolkien poem.
Day the Thirteenth finds 35 contestants remaining:
Farmer Giles of Ham
Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
The Giant from the Wild Hills
King Augustus Bonifacious
Chrysophylax Dives
The Miller
The Parson
Sunny Sam (Fabricius Cunctator) The Blacksmith
Smith of Wooton Major/Leaf By Niggle
Master Cook Rider
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wooton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie
Niggle
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (Poems)
Goldberry
Badger
Old Man Willow
The Barrow-wight
Goodman Maggott
Princess Mee
Fíriel
Troll
Roverandom
Roverandom
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Mew, the Seagull
Moon-dog
Mer-dog
Uin, the Whale
Mr. Bliss
Girabbit
Mr. Day
Archie
Teddy
Bruno
Herbert Dorkins
Egbert Dorkins