A nice little tale, but that's where it ends for me. I don't find it has the same attraction as other of Tolkien's works, though in fairness some of the images - as always with this author - are lovely. It's just that fairy tales are often a bit sketched in and I was never charmed enough here to fill in the blanks. I have to say I found the extra material (the genesis and analysis of the story) more interesting than the story itself.