Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Suddenly Sting takes on a blue tinge and Sam sees it. Noise from the pass attracts his attention. Orcs are there.

SHAGRAT: You get back you scum!

Sam looks around hurriedly.

Shagrat comes down from the pass with other Orcs following him.

SHAGRAT: What's this?

He approaches Frodo lying on the ground. Looks like old Shelob's been having a bit of fun. (Sam watches from a cave entrance.)

ORC: Killed another one has she?

SHAGRAT: No. (He pokes Frodo with his whip.) This fellow ain't dead.

SAM: (whispers) Not dead.

SHAGRAT: She jabs him with her stinger and he goes as limp as a boned fish aaa then she has her way with them. That's how she likes to feed. Fresh blood. Get him to the Tower! (They pick Frodo up and take him with them up the pass.)

SAM: Samwise you fool.

ORC: This scum will be awake in a couple of hours.

SHAGRAT: Then he'll wish he'd never been born.

He looks around and then follows them up the steps.

Sam gets up to follow them.