So, What is a Hobbit?
" -- What is a hobbit? I suppose hobbits need
some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big
People, as they call us. They are (or were) a little people, about half
our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves. Hobbits have no
beards. There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary
everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large
stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like
elephants which they can hear a mile off. They are inclined to be fat in
the stomach; they dress on bright colors (chiefly green and yellow); wear
no shoes, because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm
brown hair like the stuff on their heads (which is curly); have long
clever brown fingers, good-natured faces and laugh deep fruity laugh
(specially after dinner, which they have twice a day when they can get
it). ...
from: The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
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