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Congratulations to Andrew Braunberger, Marlene Thornton, and Matthew Finegold for correct answers. Tom Bombadil arrived on the scene singing jauntily in time to save the hobbits. The other possibilities were Bill Ferny (the shady character from Bree), Bill the pony (the pony that Bill Ferny sold them), and Beregond (a soldier of Gondor).
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