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Riddle from the Hobbit (Posted on 2003-06-05)

This thing all things devours:

Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

See The Solution Submitted by The Mighty Puck

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Hmmm....

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Hmmm....

Posted by J on 2003-06-09 10:33:24

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