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| The Hobbit | |
| April 18th, 2018 | |
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| I just hit one of the coolest dad milestones. I'm reading The | |
| Hobbit to my son. He's five, nearly six, and I've been talking it | |
| up for the last couple days to get him excited. Tonight, he agreed | |
| to listen to one page. | |
| "If you like it," I said, "I can read a little more. If not, we | |
| can read this other book tonight and try again later." | |
| He agreed. He lifted a stuffed dragon to his chest and nestled | |
| into a spot at my hip against his pillow. I looked down and he | |
| looked back up. | |
| A deep breath. | |
| "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." | |
| He didn't want to stop at one. |