[A map of Middle-Earth is shown, focusing on Minas Tirith and then panning back on the Shire.]

Frodo (voiceover): "And thus it was, the Fourth Age of Middle-Earth began, and the Fellowship of the Ring, though eternally bound by friendship and love, was ended."

Frodo (voiceover): "Thirteen months to the day, since Gandalf sent us on our long journey, we found ourselves looking upon a familiar site. We were home."

[The four hobbits ride into Hobbiton. They ride past a grumpy old hobbit (who was first seen when Gandalf rode in for Bilbo's birthday).]

[The old hobbit shakes his head at the four adventurers.]

[At the Green Dragon, the four hobbits sit down for a drink.]

[A familiar-looking hobbit polishes a pumpkin.]

[Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin pause to look at each other, then raise their mugs.]

[Sam notices Rosie Cotton.]

Hobbit: "Good night, Rosie."

Rosie: "Good night, lads."

[Rosie gives Sam a smile. Sam takes a drink from his tankard, then stands up and walks deliberately towards her. The other hobbits watch on in amusement.]

[Sam and Rosie stand together on their wedding day. They kiss.]

[Rosie throws her bouquet, which is caught by Pippin. Pippin catches the eye of a hobbit woman next to him.]

[Frodo walks inside Bag End.]

Frodo (voiceover): "How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart, you begin to understand, there is no going back?"

[Frodo sits at at Bilbo's desk, writing.]

Frodo (voiceover): "There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep… that have taken hold."

[Frodo flips to the front of the Red Book. He adds a second title to the front page.]

[Sam enters Bag End. Frodo winces and grabs his shoulder.]

Sam: "Mister Frodo? What is it?"

Frodo: "It's been four years to the day since Weathertop, Sam. It's never really healed."

[Sam reads from the title page of the book.]

Sam: "'There and Back again, a Hobbit's Tale by Bilbo Baggins'… and 'The Lord of the Rings by Frodo Baggins.' You finished it!"

[Frodo closes the book.]

Frodo: "Not quite. There's room for a little more."