“Rover did not know in the least where the moon’s path led to, and at present he was much too frightened and excited to ask, and anyway he was beginning to get used to extraordinary things happening to him.”
~J.R.R. Tolkien, Roverandom; Immagine: “Roverndom” by Fedora-the-hat su Deviant Art
_Elendil…
«I did nothing but run away from the time I was a puppy, and I kept on running and roving until one fine morning – a very fine morning, with the sun in my eyes – I fell over the world’s edge chasing a butterfly.»…
Il più addolorato e triste era il cane-mare: < Mandami un rigo quando vai alla spiaggia >, si raccomandò, < e io verrò su in superficie per vederti >.
< Non lo dimenticherò! > promise Roverandom. E si avviarono.
La balena più anziana era in attesa.…
