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Now Frodo and Sam, led by Sméagol, travelled through the fair land of Ithilien. This was the last beautiful place east of the Anduin and west of Mordor. There were green woods and many animals lived there. They had walked very long in the nights and slept uneasy during daylight so they were very weary. Sam thought that a good meal would return their strength, because the lembas of the elves might give them what they need to walk on, but a really good meal would strengthen their souls in a much more useful way. So he asked Sméagol to hunt one or to rabbits for them and then he tried to cook them. When they had eaten Frodo went to sleep and Sam went to wash the dishes (he had brought them the whole way from Bag End). When he returned he suddenly saw that his little campfire had began to smoke and so he ran back to turn it off before possible enemies would notice them.
But it was too late. When he returned he saw a great army walk above on the way they had used. He lay still and so they took no notice of him or Frodo (Sméagol had gone to find something to eat for himself). Sam was amazed by the soldiers, because he had never seen such people before. They came from the far south to follow the army of the enemy. Suddenly some people clad in green and brown appeared around the hobbits and took them captive. Much more of them attacked the surprised army and destroyed it completely. But Frodo and Sam were taken captive.
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