He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of any particular use at the moment.
This, of course, is one of the most well-known sections in The Hobbit. This is where the entire business with the One Ring and the subsequent adventures told in The Lord of the Rings, truly begins.
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Vernon Ferguson
