An Introduction
I suppose there’s no sense putting off til tomorrow what you can plant today, as my Gaffer would say. I’m not very good with fancy words. I’m hoping you’ll not be taking any offense at my saying so, but I’d much rather be tending to the flowers on Bagshot Row than standing here in front of so many fine folk. But Mr. Frodo said I should introduce myself so that’s what I’ll be about after my own fashion.
My name is Samwise. Sam, to most. I’m a hobbit from the Shire, or a halfling as I’ve heard the Big Folk say. But don’t let our size fool you! We may be short of stature, we hobbits, but what we lack in height we more than make up for in energy! We love to make merry but we’re not afraid to stand up for ourselves if need be.
I'm a gardener by trade. It's in the Gamgee blood, gardening. M'old Gaffer being a gardener and his father before him. Truth is, I've never thought of being anything else. No matter what the songs and tales say, it's all I ever wanted. To be a simple gardener, here in the Shire. Not off adventuring. I wasn't cut from that cloth, you see.
But sometimes . . . well, sometimes you have to do things you'd rather have avoided because it's right and proper. Not because you want to but because it needs to be done.
Well. I don't want to be keeping you on such a fine Spring day, and me with seedlings wanting to be planted. If there's anything you'd be wanting or needing, you can find me at Bag End. If I'm not at home, Rose-wife will know where I'll be . . .
Samwise Gamgee
The Lord of the Rings
My name is Samwise. Sam, to most. I’m a hobbit from the Shire, or a halfling as I’ve heard the Big Folk say. But don’t let our size fool you! We may be short of stature, we hobbits, but what we lack in height we more than make up for in energy! We love to make merry but we’re not afraid to stand up for ourselves if need be.
I'm a gardener by trade. It's in the Gamgee blood, gardening. M'old Gaffer being a gardener and his father before him. Truth is, I've never thought of being anything else. No matter what the songs and tales say, it's all I ever wanted. To be a simple gardener, here in the Shire. Not off adventuring. I wasn't cut from that cloth, you see.
But sometimes . . . well, sometimes you have to do things you'd rather have avoided because it's right and proper. Not because you want to but because it needs to be done.
Well. I don't want to be keeping you on such a fine Spring day, and me with seedlings wanting to be planted. If there's anything you'd be wanting or needing, you can find me at Bag End. If I'm not at home, Rose-wife will know where I'll be . . .
Samwise Gamgee
The Lord of the Rings