Bilbo has a riddle of his own for you to solve:
A long beard I have of bristly hair,
But no chin or cheek on which to bear.
Many hands hold me, with ne'er a caress,
Yet I'm e'er the first to clean up a mess.
'Lindir out-foxed me! I was rummaging through all my small stock of Elf-lore searching for some poem or tale to fit his verse, but I should have been thinking of more prosaic things, after all. I wonder if he can answer my next little puzzle, though!
'I would like to offer one of my poems on Elven lore, but I dread Lindir's gentle laughter more than a goblin's sword! So I will follow his lead and make another homely riddle, one that I am sure you can solve by finding another item here in the Last Homely House. Here it is:
'A long beard I have of bristly hair, But no chin or cheek on which to bear. Many hands hold me, with ne'er a caress, Yet I'm e'er the first to clean up a mess.'1/1
