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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.

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Comment 34 of 34 |

(In reply to Nice Puzzle by K Sengupta)

In THE HOBBIT, Bilbo Baggins and Gollum test their wits. If Bilbo wins, then Gollum has to show him the way out of a tunnel. However, Gollum will devour Bilbo if he loses.

This enigma is the final Riddle #5 of the five riddles that Gollum posed to Bilbo.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-03-06 06:27:41

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