Summer Begins at Bag End
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat; it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
The Hobbit was published in 1937 and a beautiful hardback edition came out in 1987 to celebrate the 50th anniversary. I was 23 and decided that I would like to read that version of the classic to my kids someday, so I bought it. Last night, I took that old book from the bottom shelf of the bookcase, dusted it off, and sat down with it next to my son's bed as James and I journeyed together to Middle Earth, specifically to a particular hobbit-hole in the neighborhood of The Hill, where we met Bilbo Baggins and a strange wizard named Gandalf. Tonight, we are likely to meet a number of dwarfs.
Truly good things are worth waiting for.
posted by Thurman8er @ 2:22 PM
8 Comments:
I love how you love doing things like this with that boy!
Aim for the spot with the missing jewel.
Why'd you dust it off?
That's half the fun, sneezing through the first 5 chapters.
Man I miss those reading at night times. May your journey with James to Middle Earth last for as long as it can.
Ahhh....reading to children is so rewarding...what a great book to pick! :)
After we read The Hobbit, we read The Chronicles of Narnia - good stuff.
Have Fun Steve!!! Just make sure you guys get back in time for VBS this week! :o)
Wow, that was like a Hallmark commercial in words! (*tear*) I have waited too long to get into reading with Isa at night, but I am currently remedying that mistake :)
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