The Hobbit JR Tolkien - Mr Collins

very queer indeed in his head by this timeafter the dreadful adventures of the lastthree days with next to nothing to eat, andhe found himself saying aloud: “Now Iknow what a piece of bacon feels likewhen it is suddenly picked out of the panon a fork and put back on the shelf!”“No you don’t!” he heard Dorianswering, “because the bacon knows thatit will get back in the pan sooner or later;and it is to be hoped we shan’t. Alsoeagles aren’t forks!”“O no! Not a bit like storks—forks, Imean,” said Bilbo sitting up and lookinganxiously at the eagle who was perchedclose by. He wondered what othernonsense he had been saying, and if theeagle would think it rude. You ought not tobe rude to an eagle, when you are only the