“The Dwarf Song” Print

To put aside a mundane life, to become someone else, even for a little bit – isn’t it why we read fantasy books?

“As they sang the hobbit felt the love of beautiful things made by hands and by cunning and by magic moving through him, a fierce and jealous love, the desire of the hearts of dwarves. Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. He looked out of the window. The stars were out in a dark sky above the trees.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again”

Who of us doesn’t have this Tookish side that awakens when listening to the song of long-forgotten gold?

Even if you work a 9-5 job or work at home, caring for your family, the quiet moments with a book are there for you to become a traveler, an adventurer, a mage, or a warrior. To travel across distant, unknown lands. To encounter mythical creatures and breathtaking views.

Listen with Bilbo to this Song of the Lonely Mountain. Look into your heart. Maybe your big adventure is just starting.