Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2…

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Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition, p.64, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition, p.64, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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