GOLLUM: You see that line? It’s got to go.

SMEAGOL* shakes head* : No, precious! No! It’s a good line! It’s good, it is!

GOLLUM: It implies stupid things that might confuse stupid hobbitses when they read. Nobody likes it. Nobody likes YOU.

SMEAGOL *pleading*: What if we move it down below? It could work better there, precious!

GOLLUM: It works better there? Let’s see . . . It COULD work better there, if you change the line before it a bit.

SMEAGOL: We’ll change it! We’ll change it, yes! We’re a good Smeagol, good Smeagol. Nothing will confuse hobbitses there, no. We don’t bring that subject up too early now.

GOLLUM: This other line, it can’t be saved. It’s deader than a throttled goblin.

SMEAGOL: *wails*: But we likes it! We NEEDS it!

GOLLUM: No.

SMEAGOL: We NEEDS it, precious! It shows she’s a brave hobbit!

GOLLUM: They already know that.

SMEAGOL *covers ears* I’m not listening!

GOLLUM: It’s confusing, precious. What is she doing? What does she want? We wonders, yes, we wonders …

SMEAGOL: We know what she wants.

GOLLUM: Reader hobbitses won’t! That line implies too much. It implies the wrong thing. It has to go!

SMEAGOL: *wails in pain*