original: the story began as a sequel to tolkien 's earlier , less complex children 's fantasy novel the hobbit -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , but eventually developed into a much larger work .
simplifications: the story started as a follow-up to tolkien 's earlier , simpler children 's fantasy the hobbit -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , but became a much larger work it began as a continuing story of tolkien 's earlier , more simple children 's fantasy novel the hobbit -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , but later turned into a much larger work . the story began as a sequel to tolkien 's the hobbit , but grew into a much larger work . the story began as a follow-up to tolien 's earlier , less complicated children 's fantasy novel " the hobbit " -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , but later turned into a much larger story . the story began as a sequel to tolkien 's earlier children 's fantasy novel the hobbit but developed into a larger work . the story began as a result to tolkien 's earlier , less difficult children 's imagination novel the hobbit -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , but in the end , it developed into a much larger work . the story began as a sequel to the hobbit -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , tolkien 's earlier , less complex children 's fantasy novel , but in the end it developed into a much larger work . though the story started as a follow up to tolkien 's earlier , less complex children 's fantasy novel " the hobbi -lrb- 1937 -rrb- " , it turned out to be a much larger work .