Quarry
1. Quarry
oh, we likesss it, we do, yesss, don’t we, preciousss?
oh yes, yes we do, preciousss
better in here, yesss. cool, damp -- no nasssty sun to burn our ssskin, no. like home, it issss
...home, home...
that one iss looking back.
ssssshhhh
he cannot see usss - not with those little eyeses.
not in the dark.
clever, clever we are.
yess, cleverer than rangersss, cleverer than wizardssss.
do you feel that, preciousss?
it pullsss, oh, it pullsss...
The Preciousssssss.
do you hear that, preciousss?
The Precioussss.....
it singsss to us..... oh, we wants it, we wantssssss it.
gollum, gollum, gollum the Precioussss singsss
bah -- that nasty wizard, always watching the bagginsssss.
we hates the wizard to piecesss, we do.
we do not forget, do we, precioussss?
no, we do not forget his fire - the fire, the fire
always one watching, yesss. never all sleep at once, no.
always keep the bagginssss in the middle, yesss
oh, keep the bagginsss safe, oh yessss.
thiefcheatsneakburglar
oh, they think they are so quiet, so ssssneaky. think they will passs through the mine unseen.
perhaps we should wake some orcses, preciousss? perhaps we should wake some goblinses?
perhaps we should wake some orcses, preciousss. perhaps we should wake some goblinses.
gnashingbitingchokingstrikingkillingburglarbagginsss
then we takes the Precioussss, oh, yes we do.
we takes it and we hides in the minesss
they will not find usss, will they, precioussss?
no, precioussss....not even that ranger will find us, no, not in the minessss
no, preciousssss. not that smelly elf or dwarf or wizard will find ussss.
clever, clever we are. cleverer than elveses and dwarveses and orcses and wizardsssss
oh, it wants usssss......
it is crying for ussss......
gollum, gollum, gollumthe Preciousss is crying....oh, it hurts usss, it hurts usss...
what's that, preciousssss?
what's that, precioussss?
goblins.
orcses.
they have waken the orcses.
they have waken the goblins.
it will not be long now, precioussss.
no, not long at all, precioussss.
we will be patient, preciousssss.
we must be patient, precioussss.
gollum
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