Overheard --- a trabble!

Do you ever wish things were different, Sam?

Different, Mr. Frodo?

If I didn’t have the Ring, I mean.

Well, Mr. Lotho’d have it then, seeing as how he’d’ve been Mr. Bilbo’s heir, and a fine time Gandalf would have had talking him out the door with it, too. He’s never been one for sleeping rough. I expect he’d’ve complained all the way to Rivendell.

I never thought of it that way. I was thinking… well… if Bilbo hadn’t found it.

Something meant him to, by what I heard at the Council, and wishing wouldn’t change that. I daresay I wouldn’t have enjoyed the walk so much if it had been Mr. Lotho, though it would have been a chance to get shut of his ma, and that’s the truth.

What? Would you have gone with Lotho?

As much as I’ve wanted to see Elves all my days? Can’t say as I would have told Gandalf no if he asked me, and if Mr. Lotho were Master at Bag End all those years I expect I would have got used to his ways. I don’t know as I would have ever seen Lorien, though, once having got an eyeful at Rivendell, and the road home plain as daylight. O’course, Mr. Bilbo offered, and I’d have gone with him quick enough. But I can’t see as Mr. Lotho would have volunteered, what with Black Riders and all.

They could have given the Ring to an Elf.

Seems like it’s a job for a hobbit, from all I heard. The ones that want It can’t be trusted with it and the ones that can be trusted don’t want It. So it’s just as well. Like as not they’d have thought I should take it, and then we’d all be in the soup.

Overheard --- a trabble!

Do you ever wish things were different, Sam?

Different, Mr. Frodo?

If I didn’t have the Ring, I mean.

Well, Mr. Lotho’d have it then, seeing as how he’d’ve been Mr. Bilbo’s heir, and a fine time Gandalf would have had talking him out the door with it, too. He’s never been one for sleeping rough. I expect he’d’ve complained all the way to Rivendell.

I never thought of it that way. I was thinking… well… if Bilbo hadn’t found it.

Something meant him to, by what I heard at the Council, and wishing wouldn’t change that. I daresay I wouldn’t have enjoyed the walk so much if it had been Mr. Lotho, though it would have been a chance to get shut of his ma, and that’s the truth.

What? Would you have gone with Lotho?

As much as I’ve wanted to see Elves all my days? Can’t say as I would have told Gandalf no if he asked me, and if Mr. Lotho were Master at Bag End all those years I expect I would have got used to his ways. I don’t know as I would have ever seen Lorien, though, once having got an eyeful at Rivendell, and the road home plain as daylight. O’course, Mr. Bilbo offered, and I’d have gone with him quick enough. But I can’t see as Mr. Lotho would have volunteered, what with Black Riders and all.

They could have given the Ring to an Elf.

Seems like it’s a job for a hobbit, from all I heard. The ones that want It can’t be trusted with it and the ones that can be trusted don’t want It. So it’s just as well. Like as not they’d have thought I should take it, and then we’d all be in the soup.