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I was fortunate to have a 60's era teacher read The Hobbit to my whole 6 th grade class for one whole period a day (that was in 1979). The whole class journeyed with Bilbo and the gang to the Lonely Mountain and back. Then, a couple of years later, as a freshman in HS, I went through the Hobbit again, and then went on to devour the LotR. Middle-earth became my home away from this world. several times through-out the following, turbulent years, I found myself retreating once again to Middle-Earth to escape from life's stresses, and to fellowship once again with my "friends" there. Later on, I got into The Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales, etc... There's a lot more I could say, but I want to hear YOUR stories. (Especially some of you vets out there!)

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02-12-2001, 05:28 PM	#1
eledhgil Guest Posts: n/a	Describe the 1st time you read LotR. <font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones Posts: 22</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> I was fortunate to have a 60's era teacher read The Hobbit to my whole 6 th grade class for one whole period a day (that was in 1979). The whole class journeyed with Bilbo and the gang to the Lonely Mountain and back. Then, a couple of years later, as a freshman in HS, I went through the Hobbit again, and then went on to devour the LotR. Middle-earth became my home away from this world. several times through-out the following, turbulent years, I found myself retreating once again to Middle-Earth to escape from life's stresses, and to fellowship once again with my "friends" there. Later on, I got into The Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales, etc... There's a lot more I could say, but I want to hear YOUR stories. (Especially some of you vets out there!) </p>