Unit 3 complete, and Unit 4 begins

Unit 4 Lesson 3, "Moon-letters"

at dusk the moon rises over the dark lake, and fine silver lines appear on the bare cliff, the outline of a tall arched door. Learn ithildin (moon-star), Moria (the Black Chasm) and ennyn (doors), and read the first line on the Doors of Durin in Tolkien's own Sindarin: "Ennyn Durin Aran Moria." (The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria.)

Unit 4 Lesson 2, "On the shore"

at the head of the stream-bed the company finds why it ran dry. The stream has been dammed, and a dark, still lake lies under the cliffs. Learn lasto (listen!) and tiro (look!), and warn your friends: "Lasto! Tiro i nen!" (Listen! Look at the water!)

Unit 4 "Speak, friend" begins its rebuild. Lesson 1 is now "The gate-stream"

the morning after the wolves, the company climbs the dry stony bed of the Sirannon towards the cliffs of Moria. Learn daro (stop!) and tolo (come!), take Sirannon apart (sîr + annon, gate-stream), and call your friend on: "Tolo, mellon nín!" (Come, my friend!)

Unit 3 is complete!

The finale, "Everyday phrases": on the clear cold morning after the wolves, you greet Legolas, thank Gandalf for the fire and talk about the weather on your own: "Mae govannen, mellon! Menel luin." (Hello, friend! The sky is blue.) Next, Unit 4 "Speak, friend" takes the road up to the Doors of Moria.

Unit 3 Lesson 6, "Wolves in Hollin"

beaten back from the mountain, the company camps on a hill ringed with trees, and wolves close in through the night. Keep the watch-fire burning, learn draug (wolf), gaur (werewolf), hoth (host) and dan (against), and say Gandalf's own cry as the tree above him bursts into flame: "Naur dan i ngaurhoth!" (Fire against the werewolf-host!)

Unit 3 Lesson 5, "Snow on the Red Horn"

a blizzard traps the company high on Caradhras, the wood is too wet to burn, and you shield the kindling with your cloak until Gandalf brings up a green and blue flame. Learn loss (snow), lossen (snowy), naur (fire), an (for), edraith (saving) and ammen (for us), and say Gandalf's own cry: "Naur an edraith ammen!" (Fire for our saving!)