The experience of reading the chapters that take place in Lothlorien was much
different for me the second time around, I have recently started re-reading the
book. During my first reading, which was several years ago, much of the magic
of the woods made little sense, because I didn't know that Galadriel had Nenya.
(Let alone that Galadriel was mimicking her friend Melian.)
I also made the connection between the Mirror and the Ring of Water. I never
understood why Galadriel had the ability to show things in the Mirror until I
read the Mirror of Galadriel the second time. She has power over the water in
the basin because of Nenya!
It just goes to show why one should read the book as many times as
possible!
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Bart: Hey, Apu, this bag has a head in it.
Apu: Oooh! A head bag! Those are chock full of... heady goodness!
Marge: Don't make me choose between my man and my God, because you just can't win.
Homer: There you go again. Always taking someone else's side. Flanders...the water department...God...
