Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
The next day, Frodo is lying down resting, and Sam looks over the edge of a cliff. Gollum appears and drops two dead rabbits in Frodo's lap. Frodo looks surprised
GOLLUM: Look. Look. See what Smeagol finds?
Frodo looks at Gollum and smiles and then looks towards Sam who sighs. Gollum dances pleased. He picks up one of the rabbits, and snaps its spine
GOLLUM: They are young. They are tender. They are nice. Yes, they are. Eat them. Eat them!
(he rips into the rabbit with his teeth)
SAM: (looking disgusted, walks over to Gollum and pulls the rabbit away from him) You'll make him sick, you will......behaving like that. (he picks up both rabbits) There's only one way to eat a brace of coneys.
A pot is cooking over a fire with rabbit stew in it. Sam is stirring the stew, and Frodo sits next to him. Gollum lollops over to them
GOLLUM: What's it doing? Stupid, fat Hobbit. It ruins it.
SAM: What's to ruin? There's hardly any meat on them.
Frodo goes to get some plates out of their bag and hears a faint bird call
SAM: What we need is a few good taters.
GOLLUM: What's taters, precious? What's taters? Eh?
SAM: (speaking slowly) Po-ta-toes.
Frodo wanders out of site in the direction of the sounds
SAM: Boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew. Lovely, big, golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish.
Gollum sticks his tongue out in disgust and spits
SAM: Even you couldn't say no to that. (he sips the stew)
GOLLUM: Oh, yes, we could. Spoil a nice fish. (he crawls up to Sam) Give it to us raw... (he shakes his head vigorously from side to side) ...and wriggling. You keep nasty chips.
SAM: You're hopeless.
Frodo is wandering round the bushes, looking for the source of the sound. Suddenly Sam notices Frodo has gone.
Frodo crawls to the edge of the cliff, to see hoards of dark clothed men walking along the valley. He is joined by Sam and Gollum
SAM: Who are they?
GOLLUM: Wicked Men. Servants of Sauron. They are called to Mordor. The Dark One is gathering all armies
to him. It won't be long now. He will soon be ready.
SAM: Ready to do what?
GOLLUM: To make his war. The last war that will cover all the world in Shadow.
FRODO: We've got to get moving. Come on, Sam. (he beings to move away)
SAM: (grabbing Frodo's arm) Mr. Frodo. Look. It's an oliphaunt.
Oliphaunts are seen walking alongside the Wicked men, carrying great canopies full of more men
SAM: No one at home will believe this.
Gollum creeps away
The next day, Frodo is lying down resting, and Sam looks over the edge of a cliff. Gollum appears and drops two dead rabbits in Frodo's lap. Frodo looks surprised
GOLLUM: Look. Look. See what Smeagol finds?
Frodo looks at Gollum and smiles and then looks towards Sam who sighs. Gollum dances pleased. He picks up one of the rabbits, and snaps its spine
GOLLUM: They are young. They are tender. They are nice. Yes, they are. Eat them. Eat them!
(he rips into the rabbit with his teeth)
SAM: (looking disgusted, walks over to Gollum and pulls the rabbit away from him) You'll make him sick, you will......behaving like that. (he picks up both rabbits) There's only one way to eat a brace of coneys.
A pot is cooking over a fire with rabbit stew in it. Sam is stirring the stew, and Frodo sits next to him. Gollum lollops over to them
GOLLUM: What's it doing? Stupid, fat Hobbit. It ruins it.
SAM: What's to ruin? There's hardly any meat on them.
Frodo goes to get some plates out of their bag and hears a faint bird call
SAM: What we need is a few good taters.
GOLLUM: What's taters, precious? What's taters? Eh?
SAM: (speaking slowly) Po-ta-toes.
Frodo wanders out of site in the direction of the sounds
SAM: Boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew. Lovely, big, golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish.
Gollum sticks his tongue out in disgust and spits
SAM: Even you couldn't say no to that. (he sips the stew)
GOLLUM: Oh, yes, we could. Spoil a nice fish. (he crawls up to Sam) Give it to us raw... (he shakes his head vigorously from side to side) ...and wriggling. You keep nasty chips.
SAM: You're hopeless.
Frodo is wandering round the bushes, looking for the source of the sound. Suddenly Sam notices Frodo has gone.
Frodo crawls to the edge of the cliff, to see hoards of dark clothed men walking along the valley. He is joined by Sam and Gollum
SAM: Who are they?
GOLLUM: Wicked Men. Servants of Sauron. They are called to Mordor. The Dark One is gathering all armies
to him. It won't be long now. He will soon be ready.
SAM: Ready to do what?
GOLLUM: To make his war. The last war that will cover all the world in Shadow.
FRODO: We've got to get moving. Come on, Sam. (he beings to move away)
SAM: (grabbing Frodo's arm) Mr. Frodo. Look. It's an oliphaunt.
Oliphaunts are seen walking alongside the Wicked men, carrying great canopies full of more men
SAM: No one at home will believe this.
Gollum creeps away
