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At supper, gathered in the kitchen, Mother made this ambition. “You must clean your plate completely if you hope to watch the TV.”
Wilhelm said, "I'll eat, alright! The Hobbit, Part Two, starts tonight!"
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But pork chops, food he never cared for, were the night's main course, and therefore; he gulped down not what Mother had made, but picked, and nibbled, and delayed...
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The hour soon was growing late.
The chop remained there on his plate.
Dad was getting quite impatient, as Wil' heard, from the room, adjacent, The Hobbit on the TV starting, but twas' no chance of him departing from the table to the telly, until that chop was in his belly.
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He heard Bilibo speak of a ring, and spiders, and a knife called, "Sting."
Wil' peeked to glimpse the tale unfolding, all the while, Father scolding, "You'll not watch a single minute, until your stomach has that pork chop in it!"
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Oh! Wil' knew that he'd been beaten.
He'd see no Hobbit til' he'd eaten.
With courage mustered, and a frown
On count of three, that chop went down.
He'd barely forced the whole thing in, when the chop came there and back again!
Alas, the taste anticipated,
His nervous gut regurgitated!
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Created & published on StoryJumper™ ©2025 StoryJumper, Inc.
All rights reserved. Sources: storyjumper.com/attribution
Preview audio:
storyj.mp/aq99bbr77bb
At supper, gathered in the kitchen, Mother made this ambition. “You must clean your plate completely if you hope to watch the TV.”
Wilhelm said, "I'll eat, alright! The Hobbit, Part Two, starts tonight!"
2
3
But pork chops, food he never cared for, were the night's main course, and therefore; he gulped down not what Mother had made, but picked, and nibbled, and delayed...
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"How I Missed "The Hobbit""
But, for reasons both comical and tragic, I never got to see Part Two of The Hobbit.
You see, my parents, who didn't seem too certain, did cling to old-fashioned principles of behavior, meaning that you didn't eat any dinner while watching TV, AND you ate everything on your plate before being excused. The night Part Two of The Hobbit aired, pork chops, a food I couldn't bear as a child, were served. (NOTE: I have no problem with them today, just one of those quirky childhood things.)
So, as stalling as hard as I could over my plate, while listening to the program's audio from the other room, by meaning to throw it up all over the table. My Dad sent me to bed as punishment, and that's how I never got to see Part Two of The Hobbit.
No videotaping or re-runs back then, kids. I would have to wait several months before finally experiencing the end of The Hobbit, after randomly receiving the book-and-record set from an aunt of mine, but flipping through twelve-pages of film-stills was a weak substitute, but it was all I had.
I know. Tragedy.
You see, my parents, who didn't seem too certain, did cling to old-fashioned principles of behavior, meaning that you didn't eat any dinner while watching TV, AND you ate everything on your plate before being excused. The night Part Two of The Hobbit aired, pork chops, a food I couldn't bear as a child, were served. (NOTE: I have no problem with them today, just one of those quirky childhood things.)
So, as stalling as hard as I could over my plate, while listening to the program's audio from the other room, by meaning to throw it up all over the table. My Dad sent me to bed as punishment, and that's how I never got to see Part Two of The Hobbit.
No videotaping or re-runs back then, kids. I would have to wait several months before finally experiencing the end of The Hobbit, after randomly receiving the book-and-record set from an aunt of mine, but flipping through twelve-pages of film-stills was a weak substitute, but it was all I had.
I know. Tragedy.
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