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Gollum
Gollum is a nasty little creature, a thief
and a murderer. Born as a hobbit named Sméagol (Also referred to
as Trahald, Slinker, Stinker, the Sneak) he lived with other hobbits by
the river Anduin. One day his best friend found a ring at the bottom of
the river. Sméagol killed him and took the ring. The ring became
"his precious" and he fled with it into the orc city east of Imladris.
After living in total darkness and influenced by the ring (which had been
made by Sauron) he transformed from Sméagol to Gollum. No longer
a hobbit, he stayed alive in the mountains feeding on fish and goblins
until the day he met Bilbo Baggins...
The riddles exchanged between Bilbo and Gollum
in The Hobbit
[Gollum:]
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
[a mountain]
[Bilbo:]
Thirty white horses on a red
hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.
[teeth]
[Gollum:]
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
[wind]
[Bilbo:]
An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
"That eye is like to this
eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place,
Not in high place."
[sun on daisies]
[Gollum:]
It cannot be seen, cannot
be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be
smelt.
It lies behind stars and under
hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows
after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
[dark]
[Bilbo:]
A box without hinges, key,
or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside
is hid.
[an egg]
[Gollum:]
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.
[fish]
[Bilbo:]
No-legs lay on one-leg,
two-legs sat near on three-legs,
four-legs got some.
[fish on a table, man on a stool, cat gets the scraps]
[Gollum:]
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
[time]
[Bilbo:]
What have I got in my pocket?
[the ring]
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