Lazy Lob and crazy Cob are weaving webs to wind me. I am far more swee…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Lazy Lob and crazy Cob are weaving webs to wind me. I am far more sweet than other meat, but still they cannot find me! Here am I, naughty little fly; you are fat and lazy. You cannot trap me, though you try, in your cobwebs crazy. ✨ J R R Tolkien (1973). The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings
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