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Originally Posted by the guy who be short
This question has been asked far too often. The "real-life" answer is that it would make the book about 100 pages long. Tolkienites like to make up complex reason relating to Middle Earth, but that's the answer.
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IAWTP.
But wasn't Tolkien's reasoning along the line that he objected to the use of the Eagles as some sort of taxi-service?