Hats off for going to the Primary Source!
It’s not a primary source is a scan of a 2016 reprint that I can’t find much information on. And I she a version that purports to be the 1937 edition which does have the small slimy creature line.
https://www.theonering.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Ho...
That version has the original “Gollum offers to give him the ring if he wins”.
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It’s not a primary source is a scan of a 2016 reprint that I can’t find much information on. And I she a version that purports to be the 1937 edition which does have the small slimy creature line.
https://www.theonering.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/The-Ho...
That version has the original “Gollum offers to give him the ring if he wins”.