please don't cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook bet…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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please don't cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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please don't cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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