In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.*

[bending_sickle]

Dearest Tolkein tells us the well-known story of how he began the concept of The Hobbit:

The Hobbit's "Fifteen Birds" song, from the cartoon-film. Gods, how I loved this film as a child!

Links of the Day:
The Hobbit on YouTube: Part 1 of 9
My Precious, The Gollum on The Hobbit - I loved this character so, so much in this film.
How to play The Hobbit Song - piano
Colin Rudd sings The Walking Song, from The Hobbit
Fanvid, of sorts, for The Children of Hurin, posthumous book by Tolkein
Tolkein on the mythology of TLotR
Let the Bodies Hit the Floor, Lion King fanvid (and pretty fun song)


* The Hobbit, JRRTolkein