Sam could feel the cold trickle of terror running up his spine. It frightened him to see Frodo this way. Suddenly his felt his resolve harden. "We're going to get out of here Mr. Frodo." He forced a smile, trying to sound cheery. "We'll make it back to the Shire, and we'll see Bag End again. We can walk along all our old paths, and visit Mr. Bilbo if you feel up to it."
山姆可以感觉到冰冷的涓涓细流流淌在他的脊椎上。他害怕看到Frodo这样。突然，他的感觉到了他的决心变坚定了。”我们准备要离开这里了，Frodo先生，”他勉强笑了一笑，试图令自己的语气听起来愉快。”我们会回到夏尔，我们会再次看到袋底。我们可以沿着古道走，拜访比尔博先生，如果你方便的话。”
A shadow passed over Frodo's face. After a moment of thought, he turned to Sam. "How can you still have hope? After all you've seen, all that has happened?" Sam's eyes widened in surprise. "You still have hope. How?"
弗罗多的脸上掠过一道阴影。他想了想，转向山姆。“为什么你仍然心怀希望？你已走过那么多，发生了这么多事。”山姆惊讶地睁大眼睛。“你仍然心怀希望，为什么？”
Chocking back tears, he reached toward his friend, and embraced him tightly. "Because I can't bring myself to believe it was meant to end here, this way. Somehow we will destroy the Ring, then we can go home. Back to the Shire Frodo. Back to the way it was before." Tears quietly found their way down his face. He pulled away from Frodo, and looked into his crystal blue eyes, shimmering with tears. "And I have you. I swore I would protect you Frodo. You're my friend. You must make it through. No matter what else, that is what matters." Hours passed into days, days to weeks, and still their journey would not end. Still they traveled on to Mordor. Their food dwindled and water became scarcer father into the black lands.
他努力收回泪水，向他的朋友伸出手，紧紧地抱着他。“因为我无法相信我们注定在这里结束，如此结束。不管怎样我们会毁灭魔戒，然后我们就能回家。回到夏尔去，弗罗多。回到原来那样。”眼泪静静流淌下来，他送开了弗罗多一点，凝视着他水晶般的蓝眼睛。那眼睛正闪动着泪光。“有我在。我发誓保护你，弗罗多。你是我的朋友。你会挺过去的。无论其他一切如何，这才是最重要的事。”时时刻刻，日夜交叠，他们的旅途还没有结束。他们还要继续向魔多前行。食物已经减少了，进入了黑暗大地，水变得越来越珍贵。
