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Yes and no."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65803 alignright no-lazyload\" title=\"THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/21-hobbit-gandalf-galadriel-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/21-hobbit-gandalf-galadriel-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/21-hobbit-gandalf-galadriel-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/21-hobbit-gandalf-galadriel-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Travel along, if you dare, with Bilbo Baggins in \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d \u2014 either in J.R.R.Tolkien\u2019s beloved 1937 novel, or through the first installment of Peter Jackson\u2019s film trilogy based on the book. 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