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Mr. Bliss is an illustrated children's story by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published posthumously in 1982. The story tells of Mr Bliss's purchase of a car, and the misadventure that follows his poor driving: he encounters several neighbours, three bears, an angry shop-owner, and his own pet the "Girabbit".

The story was likely written down in the early 1930s, is fully illustrated by Tolkien, with his own calligraphic handwriting integral to the design; it was first submitted for publication in 1936 but the cost of reproducing the artwork made it prohibitively expensive. Tolkien endeavoured to redraw it, but never got around to it; it was finally published in 1982, and in 2007 it was rescanned and republished to a higher quality.

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“'I have come,' he said. 'But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!' And suddenly, as he set it on his finger, he vanished from Sam's sight.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Mount Doom"

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On this day... 20 April

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1893 - Christopher Wiseman, the only of Tolkien's friends that survived World War I, is born.
1937 - Narrator George Takei is born.
1939 - Writer and screenwriter Peter S. Beagle is born.
1943 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 48.
1964 - Actor Andy Serkis is born.
1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Dr. Denis Tolhurst.
1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to John Higgins.
1999 - Actor Elan Garfias is born.
2010 - The Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine is bought by Warner Bros.
2011 - The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game was released.
2013 - Artist Quinton Hoover dies.
2015 - Voice actor Peter Howell dies.

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