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Frodo's Encounter with the Elves in the Shire
High-Elves are Rarely Seen in the Shire
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"'Few of that fairest folk are ever seen in the Shire."
-- Frodo, of the Elves he met on his way to Buckland (Fellowship, p. 89)
In the book, the chance encounter with the Elves in the Woody End of the Shire is an expression of supernatural providence. The Elves came along by design.
The expression of supernatural providence is enhanced in that this type of Elf was very rare.
The fact that the Elves were rare does not make the encounter an expression of supernatural providence. Rather the scarcity of the encounter enhances the expression.
"'Few of that fairest folk are ever seen in the Shire" (Fellowship, p. 89).