![]() 'Lifted' being a well used slang word meaning 'stole'. "And that bag of potatoes we lifted last week"- is a statement of theft. And in PJ's version they are stealing, its not plundering a few apples. The Merry of the book would never had gone into Maggots fields to steal from him, it would be unrespectable and scandalous for someone of his standing in the Buckland community. Yes he has a fun streak but hes not anything like PJ's incarnation. Merry of the book is thoughtful and measured. He is the 'leader' of the 'conspirators' who manages to even get info out of Gandalf. ![]() Merry is clever, for example he has a scholars interest in language and writes after the War many books on the subject. Come on! They are barely recognizable as the same characters!
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