Article: Celebrate Frodo's birthday with a dragon hand puppet.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Gandalf brought a wagonload of tricks when he arrived at Bag End for Bilbo Baggins' birthday party. The hobbits were very frightened when Pippin and Merry stole the wizard's fireworks and unleashed a dragon in the movie "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." I have to admit, it sure would be exciting to see fireworks like that.

It probably wasn't the first time a prank backfired on the two lovable jokesters, yet they proved their bravery while accompanying Frodo Baggins on his quest to save Middle Earth, in the movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic novel. Set in mythic, prehistoric times, the story pits good against evil when Bilbo gifts his cousin, ...

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