6 responses to “Ring”
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Silently hoping carve another ring
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"I'm silently hoping to carve another ring."
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There are English words in the usual Latin script interleaved in the second sentence, but not the first
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Likely by a JRR Tolkien fan. Bear with me as I explain why… Looking at drawing on the right (only): overall, it looks to me like a tree, and on the horizontal branch closest to the center, there appears to be a gold ring (like wedding band) shown in side-view. This makes sense in light of the English text “silently carving another ring.” The ring also could be seen as a bird’s nest. From the right side of the band, look at the dot that is to the right of the ring, at a level just slightly higher than the top of the ring/nest. That could be an eye of a bird, facing the ring/nest. (It may be easier to see when looking at the card upside down.) Stretching the imagination a little further, it looks like the bird’s beak is poking into a circle. In The Hobbit it says “Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun… will shine upon the key-hole.” (A thrush is a bird.) Of course “the ring” makes sense in that context. In the original Hobbit, the ring granted invisibility to anyone wearing it. In later versions, it was a malevolent ring of power. So this probably isn’t a love letter! I’m guessing that the script is from one of the many languages Tolkien created for the Elves – eg Quenya, Sindarin…
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credits to you man. i hope you know that you're smart. like very smart.
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The elvish letters read: 'I felt really bad for breaking the first one. But for the past month, I've been (silently hoping) that he will (carve) and present me with (another) wooden (ring).' It uses one of Tolkien's elvish alphabets, but the words themselves are in English
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