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But first they would need to invent some tape
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They could have fitted the whole ring / tape / mouse assembly into a small paper bag Aragorn could have kept it in his jacket and fed it little bits of lembas on the way how lovely x
Really the whole story of Sam could be boiled down to drive of a man who really wanted to get back to a life of a good women and great food.
Great food = potatoes
Humble but great
Mushrooms, really.