Script
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The
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world
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is
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changed.
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I
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feel
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it
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in
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the
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water.
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I
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feel
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it
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in
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the
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earth.
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I
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smell
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it
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in
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the
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air.
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Much
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that
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once
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was
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is
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lost,
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for
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none
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now
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live
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who
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remember
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it.
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It
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began
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with
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the
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forging
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of
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the
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Great
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Rings.
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Three
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were
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given
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to
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the
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Elves,
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immortal,
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wisest
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and
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fairest
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of
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all
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beings.
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Seven
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to
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the
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Dwarf
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Lords,
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great
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miners
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and
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craftsmen
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Script
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of
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the
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mountain
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halls.
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And
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nine,
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nine
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rings
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were
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gifted
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to
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the
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race
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of
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men,
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who
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above
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all
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else
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desire
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power.
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For
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within
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these
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rings
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was
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bound
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the
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strength
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and
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will
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to
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govern
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each
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race.
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But
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they
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were
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all
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of
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them
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deceived,
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for
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another
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ring
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was
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made.
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In
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the
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land
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of
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Mordor,
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in
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the
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fires
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of
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Mount
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Doom.
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The
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Dark
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Lord
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Sauron
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forged
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in
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secret
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a
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Script
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master
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ring.
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To
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control
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all
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others.
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And
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into
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this
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ring,
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he
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poured
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his
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cruelty,
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his
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malice,
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and
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his
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will
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to
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dominate
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all
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life.
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One
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ring
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to
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rule
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them
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all.
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One
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by
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one,
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the
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free
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lands
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of
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Middle
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Earth
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fell
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to
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the
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power
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of
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the
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ring
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But
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there
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were
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some
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who
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resisted.
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A
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last
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alliance
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of
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Men
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and
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Elves
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marched
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against
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the
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armies
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of
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Mordor.
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And
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on
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Script
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the
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slopes
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of
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Mount
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Doom,
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they
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fought
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for
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the
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freedom
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of
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Middle
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Earth
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Victory
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was
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near,
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but
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the
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power
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of
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the
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ring,
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could
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not
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be
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undone.
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It
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was
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in
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this
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moment,
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when
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all
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hope
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had
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faded,
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that
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Isildur,
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son
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of
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the
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King,
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took
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up
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his
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fathers
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sword.
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Sauron,
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the
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enemy
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of
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the
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free
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peoples
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of
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Middle
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Earth
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was
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defeated.
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The
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ring
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passed
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to
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Isildur,
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who
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had
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Script
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this
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one
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chance
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to
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destroy
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evil
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forever.
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But
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the
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hearts
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of
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men,
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are
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easily
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corrupted,
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and
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the
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ring
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of
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power
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has
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a
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will
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of
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its
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own.
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It
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betrayed
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Isildur,
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to
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his
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death.
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And
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some
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things
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that
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should
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not
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have
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been
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forgotten,
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were
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lost.
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History
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became
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legend,
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legend
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became
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myth.
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And
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for
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two
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and
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a
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half
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thousand
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years
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the
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ring
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passed
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out
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of
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all
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knowledge.
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Until,
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when
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Script
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chance
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came,
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it
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ensnared
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a
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new
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bearer.
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The
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ring
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came
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to
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the
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creature
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Gollum,
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who
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took
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it
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deep
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into
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the
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tunnels
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of
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the
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Misty
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Mountains.
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And
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there,
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it
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consumed
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him.
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The
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ring
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brought
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to
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Gollum
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unnatural
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long
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life
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and
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for
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five
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hundred
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years
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it
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poisoned
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his
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mind.
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And
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in
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the
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gloom
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of
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Gollum's
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cave,
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it
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waited.
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Darkness
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crept
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back
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into
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the
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forests
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of
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the
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world.
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Rumour
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Script
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grew
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of
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a
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shadow
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in
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the
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East.
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Whispers
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of
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a
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nameless
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fear.
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And
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the
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ring
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of
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power
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perceived.
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Its
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time
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had
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now
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come.
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It
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abandoned
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Gollum.
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But,
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something
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happened
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then
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the
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ring
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did
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not
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intend.
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It
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was
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picked
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up
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by
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the
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most
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unlikely
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creature
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imaginable
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A
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Hobbit.
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Bilbo
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Baggins
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of
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The
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Shire.
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For
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the
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time
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will
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soon
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come,
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when
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Hobbits
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will
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shape
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the
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fortunes
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of
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all.
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