199 Pretty Spry (For a Grey Guy)

Published: Feb. 28, 2021, 4 p.m.

Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli follow the trail of the missing hobbits, gradually drawing closer to the forbidding fringes of Fangorn Forest. They find new signs that give them hope, but the Dwarf can\u2019t forget about the mysterious old man, and the trees don\u2019t seem to be taking too kindly to his axe. Soon the old man appears again, leading to a surprisingly nimble confrontation. We revisit The Silmarillion for a look at Sauron\u2019s phantom-conjuring skills, wonder if the Eagles are Gandalf\u2019s personal charter bus, and ask the improbable question: do Hobbits have wings?