No fish.

I don't have any fish to eat. Even Gollum got to eat fish. So the phrase, "you are what you eat?" I think Gollum was transforming into a fish. And Tolkien knew that, but his creations had taken on a mind of their own (I've heard it happens to writers) and he was so bothered that he chose to kill Gollum off with a very important death. You see, you cannot reform a fish any more than you can befrog a friend. So Gollum had to die and Tolkien was so traumatized he told C. S. Lewis that the idea of talking animals was a crazy and childish idea, but of course, Tolkien used more words to say that. Now my brain has supplied a needed reason for Tolkien's opinions on talking animals and my world just feels better. I think I'm hungry.

This article is not the exact quote that I remember, but I still enjoyed it! It does explain a bit about Tolkien's elves... http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/Narnia/The-Talking-Beasts-Of-Narnia.aspx

Yet another article. http://www.thestonetable.com/articles/220,1.html I love the quote about Tolkien, "No harm in him, only needs a smack or so."