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'

What

then

does

the

creature

seek

?

'

'

Fish

,

'

said

Frodo

.

'

Look

!

'

They

peered

down

at

the

dark

pool

.

A

little

black

head

appeared

at

the

far

end

of

the

basin

,

just

out

of

the

deep

shadow

of

the

rocks

.

There

was

a

brief

silver

glint

,

and

a

swirl

of

tiny

ripples

.

It

swam

to

the

side

,

and

then

with

marvellous

agility

a

froglike

figure

climbed

out

of

the

water

and

up

the

bank

.

At

once

it

sat

down

and

began

to

gnaw

at

the

small

silver

thing

that

glittered

as

it

turned

:

the

last

rays

of

the

moon

were

now

falling

behind

the

stony

wall

at

the

pool

's

end

.

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Faramir

laughed

softly

.

'

Fish

!

'

he

said

.

'

It

is

a

less

perilous

hunger

.

Or

maybe

not

:

fish

from

the

pool

of

Henneth

Annûn

may

cost

him

all

he

has

to

give

.

'

'

Now

I

have

him

at

the

arrow-point

,

'

said

Anborn

.

'

Shall

I

not

shoot

,

Captain

?

For

coming

unbidden

to

this

place

death

is

our

law

.

'

'

Wait

,

Anborn

,

'

said

Faramir

.

'

This

is

a

harder

matter

than

it

seems

.

What

have

you

to

say

now

,

Frodo

?

Why

should

we

spare

?

'

'

The

creature

is

wretched

and

hungry

,

'

said

Frodo

,

'

and

unaware

of

his

danger

.

And

Gandalf

,

your

Mithrandir

,

he

would

have

bidden

you

not

to

slay

him

for

that

reason

,

and

for

others

.

He

forbade

the

Elves

to

do

so

.

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I

do

not

know

clearly

why

,

and

of

what

I

guess

I

can

not

speak

openly

out

here

.

But

this

creature

is

in

some

way

bound

up

with

my

errand

.

Until

you

found

us

and

took

us

,

he

was

my

guide

.

'

'

Your

guide

!

'

said

Faramir

.

'

The

matter

becomes

ever

stranger

.

I

would

do

much

for

you

,

Frodo

,

but

this

I

can

not

grant

:

to

let

this

sly

wanderer

go

free

at

his

own

will

from

here

,

to

join

you

later

if

it

please

him

,

or

to

be

caught

by

Orcs

and

tell

all

he

knows

under

threat

of

pain

.

He

must

be

slain

or

taken

.

Slain

,

if

he

be

not

taken

very

swiftly

.

But

how

can

this

slippery

thing

of

many

guises

be

caught

,

save

by

a

feathered

shaft

?

'

'

Let

me

go

down

quietly

to

him

,

'

said

Frodo

.

'

You

may

keep

your

bows

bent

,

and

shoot

me

at

least

,

if

I

fail

.

I

shall

not

run

away

.

'

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