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Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He first appeared in print in a 1934 poem called "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", which also included Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wight. They were not then explicitly part of the older legends that became "The Silmarillion", and are not mentioned in "The Hobbit". 
Bombadil is best known from his appearance as a supporting character in Tolkien's high fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings", published
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Badger-brock is one of the animals who live in or near the Withywindle river and who are familiar to Tom Bombadil. He lives in his sett with his sow and cubs. Bombadil stumbles into the sett, but convinces Badger-brock to let him leave unmolested. Badger-brock features in the eponymous first poem of "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil".
Whisker-lad is an otter, one of the animals who roam the Withywindle river. Tom Bombadil is familiar with Whisker-lad and