The Hobbit JR Tolkien - Mr Collins

them green pleasant places to look at, withflowers growing bright and tall; but apony that walked there with a pack on itsback would never have come out again.It was indeed a much wider land fromthe ford to the mountains than ever youwould have guessed. Bilbo wasastonished. The only path was markedwith white stones, some of which weresmall, and others were half covered withmoss or heather. Altogether it was a veryslow business following the track, evenguided by Gandalf, who seemed to knowhis way about pretty well.His head and beard wagged this wayand that as he looked for the stones, andthey followed his lead, but they seemed nonearer to the end of the search when theday began to fail. Tea-time had long gone