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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne
Not just Bill, we hear quite a lot about Merry's ponies from Buckland to Bree.
It never struck me as odd, or out of proportion though.
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Good point!
And it also never struck me as in any way remarkable on its own, but once I started thinking about it, if you just look at it quantitatively, the attention paid to ponies is remarkable.
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