phil@rice.ARPA (10/09/85)
From: William LeFebvre <phil@rice.ARPA> >iddic!dorettas@topaz.arpa (Doretta Schrock): > I believe Tolkein described them as looking like 10-year olds to the > men of Gondor, Don't forget that the men of Gondor dealt primarily with Merry and Pippin after the two had spent some time with the ents. They were described several (many?) as being very tall for hobbits after their adventures with Treebeard and company (a result of their drinking entdraught). Remember how Sam reacted when he first saw them on the field of Cormallen? He mistook them for boys, until he recognized their faces. Doesn't _The_Hobbit_ have a good description? I don't have my copy with me right now.... William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University <phil@Rice.arpa> or, for the daring: <phil@Rice.edu>