Riddles in the dark ....

"What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?"

"Thirty white horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still."

"Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters."

"An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place,
Not in high place.""

"It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter."

"A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid,"

"A live without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking."

"No-legs lay on one-leg,

two-legs sat near on three-legs,

four-legs got some."

"This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down."

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This was an excerpt from Tolkien's classic novel ''The Hobbit'' predecessing the "The Lord of The Rings..." Its a preternatural dialogue between Bilbo- The hobbit and smeagol- the ?? ....

Well these were the riddles asked by each of them in turn to the other. Bilbo was trapped in a dark place where his only hope was smeagol and smeagol on the other hand was hungry and in order to satisfy himself he needed to beat him in this game. What happened eventually ? You need to read the book or ask me. But surely enough it changed the course of history according to the author.

Try and guess the riddles .... !!