Happy birthday Samwise Gamgee! 4/6
It's same day as my bro's so i always remember. :P
Two of my fave passages regarding our favorite gardener:
"Frodo looked at Sam rather startled, half expecting to see some outward sign of the odd change that seemed to have come over him. It did not sound like the voice of the Sam Gamgee that he thought he knew. But it looked like the old Sam Gamgee sitting there, except that his face was unusually thoughtful.
"Do you feel any need to leave the Shire now-- now that your wish to see them has come true already?" he asked.
"Yes, sir. I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want-- I don't rightly know waht I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me." ~A Short Cut to Mushrooms, FOtR
"On the near side of him lay, gleaming on the ground, his elven-blade, where it had fallen useless from his grasp. Sam did not wait to wonder what was to be done, or whether he was brave, or loyal, or filled with rage. He sprang forward with a yell, and seized his master's sword in his left hand. Then he charged. No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate." ~The Choices of Master Samwise, TTT
Two of my fave passages regarding our favorite gardener:
"Frodo looked at Sam rather startled, half expecting to see some outward sign of the odd change that seemed to have come over him. It did not sound like the voice of the Sam Gamgee that he thought he knew. But it looked like the old Sam Gamgee sitting there, except that his face was unusually thoughtful.
"Do you feel any need to leave the Shire now-- now that your wish to see them has come true already?" he asked.
"Yes, sir. I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want-- I don't rightly know waht I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me." ~A Short Cut to Mushrooms, FOtR
"On the near side of him lay, gleaming on the ground, his elven-blade, where it had fallen useless from his grasp. Sam did not wait to wonder what was to be done, or whether he was brave, or loyal, or filled with rage. He sprang forward with a yell, and seized his master's sword in his left hand. Then he charged. No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate." ~The Choices of Master Samwise, TTT