Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
The Fellowship walk over mountains, past ancient ruins, over hills
GANDALF VOICEOVER: We must hold this course west of the Misty Mountains for forty days. If our luck holds the Gap of Rohan will still be open to us. (Sam takes sausages from a frying pan on an open fire.) and there are road turns east to Mordor.
Sam walks over with the plate to Frodo who is sitting watching Merry and Pippin practice sword fighting with Boromir. Aragorn looks on also smoking a pipe.
BOROMIR: Good, very good. (he continues to practice with Pippin)
ARAGORN: Move your feet
MERRY: You look good Pippin
PIPPIN: (looking over his shoulder at Merry) Thanks (Merry joins the practice, Sam and Frodo look on grinning)
GIMLI: (who is sitting behind them on the rocks, near to Gandalf, whilst Legolas stands keeping watch) If anyone was to ask for my opinion, which I note that they're not, I'd say that we were taking the long way round. Gandalf, we could pass through the Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome.
GANDALF: No Gimli, I would not take the road through Moria unless I had no other choice.
Legolas runs in front of them and stands and stares at a grey cloud in the distance. Gandalf pauses to follow his eyes.
Meanwhile, Boromir's sword slips and he cuts Pippin's hand with his sword. Pippin drops his sword
PIPPIN: ARGH!
BOROMIR: Sorry! (he steps forward to look at Pippin's hand)
Pippin kicks Boromir in the leg.
MERRY: Get him! (he throws himself at Boromir)
The two hobbits wrestle Boromir to the ground and jump on him. Aragorn looks on amused.
PIPPIN: For the Shire. Hold him, hold him down Merry! (Boromir laughs)
ARAGORN: (getting up and taking hold of the hobbits) Gentlemen, that's enough! (Merry and Pippin grab Aragorn's legs, throwing him backwards onto the ground)
PIPPIN: You've got my arm... argh!... you've got my arm
Sam stands up and notices that the cloud looking like dark specks is moving towards them
SAM: What is that ?
GIMLI: Nothing, its just a whisp of cloud
BOROMIR: (pausing from the scuffle looks up) Its moving fast.... against the wind
LEGOLAS: Crebain! From Dudland!
ARAGORN: Hide! (he runs to grab his sword)
BOROMIR: Hurry!
ARAGORN: (grabs his sword) Frodo! Take cover!
They all run gathering their things and dousing the fire, and dash under the rocks out of sight
A great flock of black crows flies over them, circles around and then flies off
The Fellowship emerge from their hiding places
GANDALF: Spies of Saruman. The passage south is being watched (Frodo looks distressed) We must take the Pass of Caradhras (they look up at the snowy peaked mountains)
The Fellowship walk over mountains, past ancient ruins, over hills
GANDALF VOICEOVER: We must hold this course west of the Misty Mountains for forty days. If our luck holds the Gap of Rohan will still be open to us. (Sam takes sausages from a frying pan on an open fire.) and there are road turns east to Mordor.
Sam walks over with the plate to Frodo who is sitting watching Merry and Pippin practice sword fighting with Boromir. Aragorn looks on also smoking a pipe.
BOROMIR: Good, very good. (he continues to practice with Pippin)
ARAGORN: Move your feet
MERRY: You look good Pippin
PIPPIN: (looking over his shoulder at Merry) Thanks (Merry joins the practice, Sam and Frodo look on grinning)
GIMLI: (who is sitting behind them on the rocks, near to Gandalf, whilst Legolas stands keeping watch) If anyone was to ask for my opinion, which I note that they're not, I'd say that we were taking the long way round. Gandalf, we could pass through the Mines of Moria. My cousin Balin would give us a royal welcome.
GANDALF: No Gimli, I would not take the road through Moria unless I had no other choice.
Legolas runs in front of them and stands and stares at a grey cloud in the distance. Gandalf pauses to follow his eyes.
Meanwhile, Boromir's sword slips and he cuts Pippin's hand with his sword. Pippin drops his sword
PIPPIN: ARGH!
BOROMIR: Sorry! (he steps forward to look at Pippin's hand)
Pippin kicks Boromir in the leg.
MERRY: Get him! (he throws himself at Boromir)
The two hobbits wrestle Boromir to the ground and jump on him. Aragorn looks on amused.
PIPPIN: For the Shire. Hold him, hold him down Merry! (Boromir laughs)
ARAGORN: (getting up and taking hold of the hobbits) Gentlemen, that's enough! (Merry and Pippin grab Aragorn's legs, throwing him backwards onto the ground)
PIPPIN: You've got my arm... argh!... you've got my arm
Sam stands up and notices that the cloud looking like dark specks is moving towards them
SAM: What is that ?
GIMLI: Nothing, its just a whisp of cloud
BOROMIR: (pausing from the scuffle looks up) Its moving fast.... against the wind
LEGOLAS: Crebain! From Dudland!
ARAGORN: Hide! (he runs to grab his sword)
BOROMIR: Hurry!
ARAGORN: (grabs his sword) Frodo! Take cover!
They all run gathering their things and dousing the fire, and dash under the rocks out of sight
A great flock of black crows flies over them, circles around and then flies off
The Fellowship emerge from their hiding places
GANDALF: Spies of Saruman. The passage south is being watched (Frodo looks distressed) We must take the Pass of Caradhras (they look up at the snowy peaked mountains)
