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'

There

's

nothing

for

it

but

to

scramble

down

this

gully

,

Sam

,

'

said

Frodo

.

'

Let

's

see

what

it

leads

to

!

'

'

A

nasty

drop

,

I

'll

bet

,

'

said

Sam

.

The

cleft

was

longer

and

deeper

than

it

seemed

.

Some

way

down

they

found

a

few

gnarled

and

stunted

trees

,

the

first

they

had

seen

for

days

:

twisted

birch

for

the

most

part

,

with

here

and

there

a

fir-tree

.

Many

were

dead

and

gaunt

,

bitten

to

the

core

by

the

eastern

winds

.

Once

in

milder

days

there

must

have

been

a

fair

thicket

in

the

ravine

,

but

now

,

after

some

fifty

yards

,

the

trees

came

to

an

end

,

though

old

broken

stumps

straggled

on

almost

to

the

cliff

's

brink

.

The

bottom

of

the

gully

,

which

lay

along

the

edge

of

a

rock-fault

,

was

rough

with

broken

stone

and

slanted

steeply

down

.

When

they

came

at

last

to

the

end

of

it

,

Frodo

stooped

and

leaned

out

.

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'

Look

!

'

he

said

.

'

We

must

have

come

down

a

long

way

,

or

else

the

cliff

has

sunk

.

It

's

much

lower

here

than

it

was

,

and

it

looks

easier

too

.

'

Sam

knelt

beside

him

and

peered

reluctantly

over

the

edge

.

Then

he

glanced

up

at

the

great

cliff

rising

up

,

away

on

their

left

.

'

Easier

!

'

he

grunted

.

'

Well

,

I

suppose

it

's

always

easier

getting

down

than

up

.

Those

as

ca

n't

fly

can

jump

!

'

'

It

would

be

a

big

jump

still

,

'

said

Frodo

.

'

About

,

well

'

-

he

stood

for

a

moment

measuring

it

with

his

eyes

-

'

about

eighteen

fathoms

I

should

guess

.

Not

more

.

'

'

And

that

's

enough

!

'

said

Sam

.

'

Ugh

!

How

I

do

hate

looking

down

from

a

height

!

But

looking

's

better

than

climbing

.

'

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'

All

the

same

,

'

said

Frodo

,

'

I

think

we

could

climb

here

;

and

I

think

we

shall

have

to

try

.

See

-

the

rock

is

quite

different

from

what

it

was

a

few

miles

back

.

It

has

slipped

and

cracked

.

'

The

outer

fall

was

indeed

no

longer

sheer

,

but

sloped

outwards

a

little

.

It

looked

like

a

great

rampart

or

sea-wall

whose

foundations

had

shifted

,

so

that

its

courses

were

all

twisted

and

disordered

,

leaving

great

fissures

and

long

slanting

edges

that

were

in

places

almost

as

wide

as

stairs

.

'

And

if

we

're

going

to

try

and

get

down

,

we

had

better

try

at

once

.

It

's

getting

dark

early

.

I

think

there

's

a

storm

coming

.

'

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