The Hobbit JR Tolkien - Mr Collins

they made one thirsty. Water, he said, theywould not need to carry this side of theforest, for there were streams and springsalong the road. “But your way throughMirkwood is dark, dangerous anddifficult,” he said. “Water is not easy tofind there, nor food. The time is not yetcome for nuts (though it may be past andgone indeed before you get to the otherside), and nuts are about all that growsthere fit for food; in there the wild thingsare dark, queer, and savage. I willprovide you with skins for carrying water,and I will give you some bows andarrows. But I doubt very much whetheranything you find in Mirkwood will bewholesome to eat or to drink. There is onestream there, I know, black and strongwhich crosses the path. That you should