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"The land had changed. Where before the green dale had lain, it's grassy slopes lapping the ever-mounting hills, there now a forest loomed. Great tree, bare and silent, stood, rank on rank, with tangled bough and hoary head; their twisted roots were buried in the long green grass. Darkness...

twee adj. Chiefly British Overly precious or nice. (or should that be; overly precioussssssss! - sorry, couldn't resist) The Hobbit was written mainly for a younger audience which is why it doesn't have the same dark tone and ominous nature of LOTR. ------------------ Link Removed...

The back history for Middle Earth had been developing in Tolkien's mind for many years before he wrote The Hobbit. He didn't just create a world with characters, creatures and languages. He created a whole history for it too, right back to the very beginning - "There was 'Eru' - the one...."...