The Most Important Question

"I wonder what sort of tale have we fallen into?"

—]. R. R. TOLKIEN, The Lord of the Rings

It’s been quite a journey for Frodo and Sam when the little gardener wonders this.
Ever since they left home they've encountered more wonders and more dangers
than they could have possibly imagined. Their fellowship has fallen apart;
their friends are now far away on another part of the journey.
Into the shadow of Mordor they've come, two little hobbits and their cooking gear
on a journey to save the world. t's at this point Sam says,
"I wonder what sort of tale we've fallen into?"
Sam could not have asked a better question. He assumes that there is a story;
there is something larger going on. He also assumes that they have somehow
tumbled into it, been swept up into it.

What sort of tale have I fallen into?
is a question that would help us all a great deal if we wondered it for ourselves.
It just might be the most important question we ever ask.