J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them. "If one were to sting me," He thought "I should swell up as big as I am!

J. R. R. Tolkien

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• Such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them. "If one were to sting me," He thought "I should swell up as big as I am!

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Seen
  • Sting
  • Swell