Aye, they are. They are a little people, perhaps standing about half my height - hence the Westron name for them - "Halflings".
[ Maglor gestures about his waist ]
But they call themselves Hobbits, and that is what they prefer. They are a simple folk, farmers mostly! Who love best the comforts of home - a warm hole, a good meal, a drink and a good tale or two alongside a pipe. They don't much like us Big Folk, who they consider live far too exciting lives.
[ Which. Fair. ]
Master Baggins, however, is the Grandson of the Old Took, and the Tooks have always had what most Hobbits consider a Highly Disreputable and Suspicious Sense of Adventure.
[ And yes, he managed to convey capital letters for that ]
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[ Maglor gestures about his waist ]
But they call themselves Hobbits, and that is what they prefer. They are a simple folk, farmers mostly! Who love best the comforts of home - a warm hole, a good meal, a drink and a good tale or two alongside a pipe. They don't much like us Big Folk, who they consider live far too exciting lives.
[ Which. Fair. ]
Master Baggins, however, is the Grandson of the Old Took, and the Tooks have always had what most Hobbits consider a Highly Disreputable and Suspicious Sense of Adventure.
[ And yes, he managed to convey capital letters for that ]