Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father! They cried to Thorin. It is …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father! They cried to Thorin. It is long enough without watering it! ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father! They cried to Thorin. It is long enough without watering it! ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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