The Hobbit JR Tolkien - Mr Collins

“Ss, ss, ss,” said Gollum. He had beenunderground a long long time, and wasforgetting this sort of thing. But just asBilbo was beginning to hope that thewretch would not be able to answer,Gollum brought up memories of ages andages and ages before, when he lived withhis grandmother in a hole in a bank by ariver, “Sss, sss, my preciouss,” he said.“Sun on the daisies it means, it does.”But these ordinary above groundeveryday sort of riddles were tiring forhim. Also they reminded him of days whenhe had been less lonely and sneaky andnasty, and that put him out of temper. Whatis more they made him hungry; so this timehe tried something a bit more difficult andmore unpleasant: