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   From: ijball***SPAM-No***@mac.com.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    "John W. Kennedy"  wrote:   
      
   > Stories don't always go where you think they will.  In the earliest   
   > drafts, Beren was an Elf, Strider was an unusually tall Hobbit, and   
   > Frodo's name was Bingo.   
      
   Ah, someone's been reading "Lost Tales" again...  ;)   
      
      
   Ian  (The best part about the "Strider was a hobbit thing"? His name was   
   "Trodder" not Strider, and he wore wodden clogs!!)   
      
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