I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us.
Hobbits have no beards.
There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which allows them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along, making a noise like elephants which they can hear a mile off. Now you know enough to go on with. The Hobbit , p. 16. Many other humor and science fiction pages are on-line. Copyright 1995-99 by John Paulsen .