The Uruk-Hai
Pippin lay in a dark and troubled dream; it seemed that he could hear his
own small voice echoing in black tunnels, calling Frodo, Frodo! But instead of
Frodo hundreds of hideous orc faces grinned at him out of the shadows, hundreds
of hideous arms grasped at him from every side. Where was Merry?
He woke. Cold air blew on his face. He was lying on his back. Evening was
coming and the sky above was growing dim. He turned and found that the
dream was little worse than the waking. His wrists, legs, and ankles were tied
with cords. Beside him Merry lay, white faced, with a dirty rag bound across his
brows. All about them sat or stood a great company of Orcs.
Slowly in Pippin痴 aching head memory pieced itself together and became
separated from dream shadows. Of course; he and Merry had run off into the
woods. What had come over them? Why had they dashed off like that, taking no
notice of old Strider? They had run a long way shouting, he could not remember
how far or how long; and then suddenly they had crashed right into a group of
Orcs; they were standing listening, and they did not appear to see Merry and
Pippin until they were almost in their arms. Then they yelled and dozens of other
goblins had sprung out of the trees. Merry and he had drawn their swords, but
the Orcs did not wish to fight, and had tried only to lay hold of them, even when
Merry had cut off several of their arms and hands. Good old Merry! Then
Boromir had come leaping through the trees. He had made them fight. He slew
many of them and the rest fled. But they had not gone far on the way back when
they were attacked again by a hundred Orcs at least, some of them very large,
and they shot a rain of arrows; always at Boromir.
Boromir had blown his great horn till the woods rang, and at first the Orcs
had been dismayed and had drawn back; but when no answer but the echoes
came, they had attacked more fierce than ever. Pippin did not remember much
more. His last memo was of Boromir leaning against a tree, plucking out an
arrow; then darkness fell suddenly.
"I suppose I was knocked on the head," he said to himself. "I wonder if poor
Merry is much hurt. What has happened to Boromir? Why didn稚 the Orcs kill
us? Where are we, and where are we going?"
He could not answer the questions. He felt cold and sick. "I wish Gandalf had
never persuaded Elrond to let us come," he thought. "What good have I been?
Just a nuisance; a passenger, a piece of luggage. And now I have been stolen and
I am just a piece of luggage for the Orcs. I hope Strider or someone will come and
claim us! But ought I to hope for it? Won稚 that throw out all the plans? I wish
I could get free!"
He struggled a little, quite uselessly. One of the Orcs sitting near laughed and
said something to a companion in their abominable tongue. "Rest while you can,
little fool!" he said then to Pippin, in the Common Speech, which he made almost
as hideous as his own language. "Rest while you can! We値l find a use for your
legs before long. You値l wish you had got none before we get home."
"If I had my way, you壇 wish you were dead now," said the other. "I壇 make
you squeak, you miserable rat." He stooped over Pippin bringing his yellow fangs
close to his face. He had a black knife with a long jagged blade in his hand. "Lie
quiet, or I値l tickle you with this," he hissed.
"Don稚 draw attention to yourself, or I may forget my orders. Curse the
Isengarders! Ugluk u bagronk sha pushdug Saruman, glob bubhosh skai"; he
passed into a long angry speech in his own tongue that slowly died away into
muttering and snarling.
Terrified Pippin lay still, though the pain at his wrists and ankles was
growing, and the stones beneath him were boring into his back. To take his mind
off himself he listened intently to all that he could hear. There were many voices
round about, and though orc speech sounded at all times full of hate and anger,
it seemed plain that something like a quarrel had begun, and was getting hotter.
To Pippin痴 surprise he found that much of the talk was intelligible many of
the Orcs were using ordinary language. Apparently the members of two or three
quite different tribes were present, and they could not understand one another痴
orc speech. There was an angry debate concerning what they were to do now;
which way they were to take and what should be done with the prisoners.
"There痴 no time to kill them properly," said one. "No time for play on this
trip."
"That can稚 be helped," said another. "But why not kill them quick, kill them
now? They池e a cursed nuisance, and we池e in a hurry. Evening痴 coming on, and
we ought to get a move on."
"Orders." said a third voice in a deep growl. "Kill all but NOT the Halfings;
they are to be brought back ALIVE as quickly as possible. That痴 my orders."
"What are they wanted for?" asked several voices. "Why alive? Do they give
good sport?"
"No! I heard that one of them has got something, something that痴 wanted
for the War, some elvish plot or other. Anyway they値l both be questioned."
"Is that all you know? Why don稚 we search them and find out? We might
find something that we could use ourselves."
"That is a very interesting remark," sneered a voice, softer than the others but
more evil. "I may have to report that. The prisoners are NOT to be searched or
plundered; those are my orders."
"And mine too," said the deep voice. "Alive and as captured; no spoiling.
That痴 my orders."
"Not our orders!" said one of the earlier voices. "We have come all the way
from the Mines to kill, and avenge our folk. I wish to kill, and then go back
north."
"Then you can wish again," said the growling voice. "I am Ugluk. I
command. I return to Isengard by the shortest road."
"Is Saruman the master or the Great Eye?" said the evil voice. "We should go
back at once to Lugburz."
"If we could cross the Great River, we might," said another voice. "But there
are not enough of us to venture down to the bridges."
"I came across," said the evil voice. "A winged Nazgul awaits us northward
on the east bank."
"Maybe, maybe! Then you値l fly off with our prisoners, and get all the pay
and praise in Lugburz, and leave us to foot it as best we can through the Horse
country. No, we must stick together. These lands are dangerous; full of foul rebels
and brigands."
"Aye, we must stick together," growled Ugluk. "I don稚 trust you little swine.
You致e no guts outside your own sties. But for us you壇 all have run away. We
are the fighting Uruk-hai! We slew the great warrior. We took the prisoners. We
are the servants of Saruman the Wise, the White Hand; the Hand that gives us
man痴 flesh to eat. We came out of Isengard, and led you here, and we shall lead
you back by the way we choose. I am Ugluk. I have spoken."
"You have spoken more than enough, Ugluk," sneered the evil voice. "I
wonder how they would like it in Lugburz. They might think that Ugluk痴
shoulders needed relieving of a swollen head. They might ask where his strange
ideas came from. Did they come from Saruman, perhaps? Who does he think he
is, setting up on his own with his filthy white badges? They might agree with
me, with Grishnbkh their trusted messenger; and I Grishnbkh say this; Saruman
is a fool and a dirty treacherous fool. But the Great Eye is on him. Swine is it?
How do you folk like being called swine by the muck rakers of a dirty little
wizard? It痴 orc flesh they eat, I値l warrant."
Many loud yells in orc speech answered him, and the ringing clash of
weapons being drawn. Cautiously Pippin rolled over, hoping to see what would
happen. His guards had gone to join in the fray. In the twilight he saw a large
black Orc, probably Ugluk, standing facing Grishnbkh, a short crook legged
creature, very broad and with long arms that hung almost to the ground. Round
them were many smaller goblins. Pippin supposed that these were the ones from
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