🍃 Leaf by Niggle, Allegory by Tolkien
Exploring One of Tolkien's Lesser-Known Stories
‘There was once a little man called Niggle, who had a long journey to make. He did not want to go, indeed the whole idea was distasteful to him; but he could not get out of it. He knew he would have to start some time, but he did not hurry with his preparations’.
J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle
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