Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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[The next day, Sméagol comes back with two dead rabbits and drops them on Frodo's lap.]

Sméagol: "Look! Look! See what Sméagol finds!" (Laughs.)

[Sméagol picks up one of the rabbits and breaks its spine in front of Frodo.]

Sméagol: "They are young! They are tender and nice. Yes they are! Eat them. Eat them."
[Sméagol bites the rabbit. Sam takes the rabbits.]

Sam: "Make him sick you will, behaving like that. There's only one way to eat a brace of coneys."

[Sam cooks the rabbits in a pot. Sméagol watches despondently.]
Sméagol: "Argh! What's he doing! Stupid fat hobbit. You ruins it!"

Sam: "What's to ruin? There's hardly any meat on them."

[Sméagol moans. A faint sound catches Frodo's attention.]
Sam: "What we need is a few good taters."

Sméagol: "What's taters? Precious, what's taters? Huh?"

Sam: "Po-ta-toes! Boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish."

Sméagol: "Phooh!"

Sam: "Even you couldn't say no to that."

Sméagol: "Oh yes we could! Spoiling nice fish!"

[He crawls to Sam.]

Sméagol: "Give it to us raw — and wriggling! You keep nasty chips!"
Sam: "You're hopeless."

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