On the ground beside [Gollum] lay two small rabbits, which he was beginning to eye greedily. ‘Sméagol always helps,’ he said. ‘He has brought rabbits, nice rabbits.’ […]
‘Now, Gollum,’ [Sam] said, ‘I´ve another job for you. Go and fill these pans with water, and bring ´em back’ […]
‘Stew the rabbits!’ squealed Gollum in dismay. ‘Spoil beautiful meat Sméagol saved for you, poor hungry Sméagol! What for? What for, silly hobbit? They are young, they are fresh, they are nice. Eat them, eat them!’ […]
‘Gollum!’ [Sam] called softly. ‘Third time pays for all. I want some herbs.’ Gollum´s head peeped out of the fen, but his looks were neither helpful nor friendly. ‘A few bay-leaves, some thyme and sage, will do – before the water boils,’ said Sam.
‘No,’ said Gollum. […]
‘Sméagol´ll get into real hot water, when this water boils, if he don´t do as he´s asked,’ growled Sam. ‘Sam´ll put his head in it, yes precious. And I´d make him look for turnips and carrots, and taters too, if it were the time o´ the year.’ […]
For a while, Sam sat musing, and tending the fire till the water boiled. The daylight grew, and the air became warm; the dew faded off turf and leaf. Soon the rabbits cut up lay simmering in the pans with the bunched herbs. Almost Sam fell asleep as the time went by. He let them stew for close on an hour, testing them now and again with his fork, and tasting the broth.
‘A present from Sméagol,’ said Sam [to Frodo]: ‘a brace o´ coneys; though I fancy Gollum´s regretting them now. But there's nought to go with them but a few herbs.’
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings, Part 2: The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter IV