Flammifer
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Gandalf – “No, not willingly (would Tom ‘take the Ring and keep it there, for ever harmless’). He might do so, if all the free people of the world begged him, but he would not understand the need. And if he were given the Ring, he would soon forget it, or most likely throw it away. Such things have no hold on his mind. He would be a most unsafe guardian; and that alone is answer enough.”
Sam – “Begging your pardon, Mr. Gandalf, Sir, but that don’t sound like the Tom Bombadil I know. I don’t think Tom forgets things. I think he remembers everything! “Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn,” is what he told us! He told us about everything that ever happened, “about evil things and good things, things friendly and things unfriendly, cruel things and kind things, and secrets hidden under brambles.” Why, Mr. Gandalf, when Tom found that brooch with the blue stones in the barrow treasure, he remembered the fair lady who wore it long ago, and said, “Goldberry shall wear it now, and we will not forget her!” I don’t think, Mr. Gandalf, that Tom would forget the Ring, nor throw it away. He might hide it under brambles, but I reckon it would be mighty well hid!
Sam – “Begging your pardon, Mr. Gandalf, Sir, but that don’t sound like the Tom Bombadil I know. I don’t think Tom forgets things. I think he remembers everything! “Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn,” is what he told us! He told us about everything that ever happened, “about evil things and good things, things friendly and things unfriendly, cruel things and kind things, and secrets hidden under brambles.” Why, Mr. Gandalf, when Tom found that brooch with the blue stones in the barrow treasure, he remembered the fair lady who wore it long ago, and said, “Goldberry shall wear it now, and we will not forget her!” I don’t think, Mr. Gandalf, that Tom would forget the Ring, nor throw it away. He might hide it under brambles, but I reckon it would be mighty well hid!