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Old 02-19-2003, 04:48 PM   #1
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Sting How Tall Did They Get?

I might have skimmed over the answer to this question in the book. How tall did Merry and Pippin get after they drank the Entdraught? And if they were still growing when they died, then how tall would they have gotten?

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Old 02-19-2003, 04:52 PM   #2
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I don't have my book right now, but I'm pretty sure they grew a couple of inches.

Growing after they're dead? That doesn't sound quite right to me...
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Old 02-19-2003, 05:21 PM   #3
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I'm not sure if we're ever told how big they eventually got, but they were taller than 4 foot 5 inches.

FotR Page 14: "According to the Red Book, Bandobras Took (Bullroarer)... was four foot five and able to ride a horse. He was surpassed in all Hobbit records only by two famous characters of old; but that curious matter is dealt with in this book."

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Old 02-19-2003, 05:22 PM   #4
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A couple of inches sounds about right...I'm sure it was mentioned somewhere, but it can't have been a very dramatic change because it took the others a while to notice.

A few inches..I wish I had some of that ent draught
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Old 02-19-2003, 05:56 PM   #5
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At the Field of Cormallen, Sam says:

"Can't understand it at your age! ... But there it is: you're three inches taller than you ought to be, or I'm a dwarf."

Unfortunately, he never said just how tall they ought to be. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

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Old 02-19-2003, 06:07 PM   #6
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From the Prologue to LotR:

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Their height is variable, ranging from between two and four feet of our measure. They seldom now reach three feet; but they have dwindled, they say, and in the ancient days were taller. According to the Red Book, Bandobras Took (Bullroarer), son of Isengrim the Second, was four foot five and able to ride a horse. He was surpassed in all Hobbit records by only two famous characters of old; but that curious matter is dealt with by this book.
Now, I wonder who those two famous Hobbits could be? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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