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J.R.R. TOLKIEN





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illustrated by

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Adapted by

Charles Dixon
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Sean Demins

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and memory of Sandalf, took
miles behind/, "they the right road to the right pass.
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new how evil and danger had grown and -thriven in the
: lands, and the goblins had spread in secret afterthe

All was well, until one day they met a ■■
thunderstorm — more than a thuri-
derstorrri, a thunder-battle.

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shivered, and great crashes Split the air
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hollow; and the darkness was -filled with
overwhelm1iIngTn!o■ise and sudden light.

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