Many thanks to all of you for your birthday greetings and good wishes!
I had a nice day, my birthday cake was delicious (after all, I baked it myself!), and lovely guests enjoyed it with me.
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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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