J.R.R. Tolkien

please don’t cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean.

please don’t cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean.

– J.R.R. Tolkien –

The Hobbit

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