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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 17 of 34 |

Never read the Hobbit, but I think it would have to be TIME, i.e. erosion, decay, old age, etc.

Posted by Lawrence on 2003-08-24 17:43:10

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