Hobbit

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Hobbits are a fictional race in the Middle-earth world invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, also often called halflings.

They appeared in the books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Several important main characters in those books are hobbits, such as Bilbo Baggins. Hobbits have become very popular and are now often used in fantasy fiction and (video) games.

Hobbits are like small humans between two and four foot tall. They have hair/fur on the top side of their feet, leathery foot-soles, and have no need to wear shoes. Hobbits live longer compared to humans, many hobbits reaching the age of 100. Hobbits eat a total of 6 meals a day and tend to be fat in the stomach. they do not grow beards and have curly hair. hobbits can move swiftly and silently, especialy in the forest. they like to wear bright colors such as bright green or bright yellow. Hobbits have little need for money.

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Painting of a smial

Hobbits are a peaceful people and live a simple, pre-industrial life in the land which they call The Shire, or "Hobbiton", as in "The Hobbit" in Middle-earth.

A typical hobbit-house has a long hallway with rooms on both sides, and round doors and windows. Originally these were underground in hills, then the house was called a smial, but this architecture(style of building) is also used for 'normal' houses above ground.

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