<P> The Ring , which Gollum referred to as `` my precious '' or `` precious '' , extended his life far beyond natural limits . Centuries of the Ring 's influence twisted Gollum 's body and mind , and , by the time of the novels , he had `` come to love and hate the Ring , just as he loved and hated himself . '' Throughout the story , Gollum was torn between his lust for the Ring and his desire to be free of it . Bilbo Baggins found the Ring and took it for his own , and Gollum afterwards pursued it for the rest of his life . Gollum finally seized the Ring from Frodo Baggins at the Cracks of Doom in Orodruin in Mordor ; but he fell into the fires of the volcano , where both he and the Ring were destroyed . </P>
<P> The Ring , which Gollum referred to as `` my precious '' or `` precious '' , extended his life far beyond natural limits . Centuries of the Ring 's influence twisted Gollum 's body and mind , and , by the time of the novels , he had `` come to love and hate the Ring , just as he loved and hated himself . '' Throughout the story , Gollum was torn between his lust for the Ring and his desire to be free of it . Bilbo Baggins found the Ring and took it for his own , and Gollum afterwards pursued it for the rest of his life . Gollum finally seized the Ring from Frodo Baggins at the Cracks of Doom in Orodruin in Mordor ; but he fell into the fires of the volcano , where both he and the Ring were destroyed . </P>
who says precious on lord of the rings
who says precious on lord of the rings
Gollum
Gollum