8YO (looking at the cover of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil before we started reading): “Who was Tom Bombadil?”
Me: “We don’t know.”
As we read the second verse the question came back.
8YO: “Is Tom Bombadil a dwarf?”
Me: “No.”
8YO: Who was Tom Bombadil?”
Me: “We don’t know.”
6YO: “Does the one who made the book know?”
8YO: “J. R. R. Tolkien.”
6YO: “Does J. R. R. Tolkien know?”
Me: “He never told us what Tom Bombadil was.”
8YO: “How old was Tom Bombadil? Do we know that? Was he around during the first age?”
Me: “Let me look it up.”
Me: “He saw the elves go East* so he is as old as the elves or older.”
8YO: “So he is older than Elrond.”
Me: “Yes. And remember Galadriel is older than Elrond.”
8YO: “Much older. She was in Valinor even before the Trees fell!”
“You old farmer fat that cannot walk for wheezing…”
8YO: “Who is he?”
6YO: “The guy with the dogs.”
Me: “Come, Maggot! Help me up!”
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