...and then suddenly, hopping and dancing along the path, there appeared above the reeds an old bettered hat eith a tall crown and a long blue feather stuck in the band. With another hop and a bound there came into view a man, or so it seemed. At any rate he was too large and heavy for a hobbit,if not quite tall enough for one of the Big People, though he made noise enough for one, stumping along with yellow boots on his thick legs, and chrging through grass and rushes like a cow going down to drink.
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