The Hobbit: Chapter 8, Flies and Spiders, Part 2 - with The Restricted Section
That's What I'm Tolkien About
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The Spiders Are Frightfully Angry
M in this song, the spiders were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones, no er has ever liked being called adder cop and tom naughty. So he's basily calling them intrein ow, which is like an old timy, like, old english term. It allows bilbow, in the context of a children's story, to call the spiders a bad name that then kids could turn around and call their brother, and it's not a problem. Like your kid could be in a grocery store and be like, well, you know, billy's being tom naughty.
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