ichirosuzuki:

     ”Why, Sam,” he said, “to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already written. But you’ve left out one of the chief characters; Samwise the stout-hearted. ‘I want to hear more about Sam, Dad. Why didn’t they put in more of his talk, Dad? That’s what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam, would he, Dad?”
     ”Now, Mr. Frodo,” said Sam, “you shouldn’t make fun. I was serious.”
     ”So was I,” said Frodo, “and so I am. We’re going on a bit too fast. You and I, Sam, are still stuck in the worst places of the story, and it is all too likely that some will say at this point, ‘Shut the book now, Dad; we don’t want to read anymore.’”