See, 111 years is an unusually ripe, respectable old age for a Hobbit to reach, and 33 is the point that Hobbits consider their young ones to have "come of age" - consider it equivalent to the modern 16th birthday party. However, when Bilbo's 111th birthday and Frodo's 33rd birthday happen to fall on the same year, an extra special occasion is planned. Naturally, then, the bachelors have quite the annual to do as they go about hosting perennial joint birthday parties. Whatever the specifics, the event leaves the doubtless traumatized Frodo orphaned at a very young age. It isn't long before multiple versions of the story begin to circulate, with some saying that Drogo's enormous weight sunk the boat, while more sinister rumors claim that Primula actually pushed her husband in and he pulled her in along with him. While they're on their romantic excursion, they tip out of the boat and both drown - again, most Hobbits are infamously bad with all things having to do with water. One evening, probably after a pleasant dinner, Frodo's parents decide to go out boating in the moonlight. Unfortunately, this proclivity for delicious food sets the family up for an untimely tragedy. This is largely due to the fact that Frodo's father is a great patron of good food, and the Master of Buckland is famous for his well-stocked dinner table. In The Fellowship of the Ring Sam Gamgee's father, the Gaffer, explains that the little family spends a good deal of their time in Buckland.
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