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littlemanpoet · 05-13-2002, 07:24 PM

Here's a fun one.

Learn now the lore of Living Creatures!
First name the five, the free peoples:
Eldest of all, the elf-children;
Dwarf the delver, dark are his houses;
Ent the earthborn, old as mountains;
Man the mortal, master of horses;
Half-grown Hobbits, the hole dwellers;
Beaver the builder, buck the leaper,
Bear bee-hunter, boar the fighter;
Hound is hungry, hare is fearful...

hoom, hmm, hoom

Eagle in eyrie, ox in pasture,
Hart horn-crowned; hawk is swiftest,
Swan the whitest, serpent coldest...

hoom, hoo now, room tum, room tum, roomty toom tum...

05-13-2002, 07:24 PM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Here's a fun one. Learn now the lore of Living Creatures! First name the five, the free peoples: Eldest of all, the elf-children; Dwarf the delver, dark are his houses; Ent the earthborn, old as mountains; Man the mortal, master of horses; Half-grown Hobbits, the hole dwellers; Beaver the builder, buck the leaper, Bear bee-hunter, boar the fighter; Hound is hungry, hare is fearful... hoom, hmm, hoom Eagle in eyrie, ox in pasture, Hart horn-crowned; hawk is swiftest, Swan the whitest, serpent coldest... hoom, hoo now, room tum, room tum, roomty toom tum...