It will take the Barrow-Wight days to get through the huge amount of mail in that mailbag! Therefore, the
birthday thread will remain open all week, so that all who wish may post congratulations, thoughts, and wishes there - and send presents, of course!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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