2. Elven Rope
[Frodo, followed by Sam, repel down a cliff.]
Sam: "Can you see the bottom?"
Frodo: "No! Don't look down, Sam! Just keep going!"
[A box falls from Sam's pocket.]
Sam: "Oh! Catch it! Grab it, Mister Frodo!"
[Frodo grabs the box, but slips and falls.]
Frodo: "I think I've found the bottom."
[Sam reaches the bottom.]
Sam: "Bogs and rope, and goodness knows what. It's not natural. None of it."
Frodo: "What's in this?"
Sam: "Nothing. Just a bit of seasonin'. I thought maybe if we was having a roast chicken one night or somethin'."
Frodo: "Roast chicken?"
Sam: "You never know."
Frodo: "Sam! My dear Sam."
Sam: "It's very special, that. It's the best salt in all the Shire."
Frodo: "It is special. It's a little bit of home."
[Frodo examines the hanging rope.]
Frodo: "We can't leave this for someone to follow us down."
Sam: "Who's gonna follow us down here, Mister Frodo? It's a shame really. Lady Galadriel gave me that. Real Elvish Rope. Well, there's nothing for it. It's one of my knots. Won't come free in a hurry."
[Sam tugs on the rope. The knot loosens and the rope falls around the Hobbits.]
Frodo: "Real Elvish rope?"
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