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Of Aule and Yavanna It is told that in their beginning the Dwarves were reatly did Aule desire the co of the Children, to have learners to whom he could teach his lore and his crafts, that he was unwilling to await the fulfilns of Iluvatar And Aule made the Dwarves even as they still are, because the forms of the Children ere to come were unclear to his mind, and because the power of Melkor was yet over the Earth; and he wished therefore that they should be strong and unyielding But fearing that the other Valar ht in secret: and he made first the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves in a hall under the mountains in Middle-earth

Now Iluvatar kneas done, and in the very hour that Aule&039;s as coan to instruct the Dwarves in the speech that he had devised for them, Iluvatar spoke to him; and Aule heard his voice and was silent And the voice of Iluvatar said to him: &039;Why hast thou done this? Why dost thou atte which thou knowest is beyond thy power and thy authority? For thou hast fro only, and no more; and therefore the creatures of thy hand andwhen thou thinkest toidle Is that thy desire?&039;

Then Aule answered: &039;I did not desire such lordship I desired things other than I aht perceive the beauty of Ea, which thou hast caused to be For it sees that ht rejoice in it, yet it is for the most part empty still, and dumb And inof thing is inby thee; and the child of little understanding that makes a play of the deeds of his father ht of mockery, but because he is the son of his father But what shall I do now, so that thou be not angry with me for ever? As a child to his father, I offer to thee these things, the work of the hands which thou hast made Do with them what thou wilt But should I not rather destroy the work of reat hammer to smite the Dwarves; and he wept But Iluvatar had compassion upon Aule and his desire, because of his humility; and the Dwarves shrank from the haed for mercy And the voice of Iluvatar said to Aule: &039;Thy offer I accepted even as it was s have now a life of their own, and speak with their own voices? Else they would not have flinched from thy blow, nor from any command of thy will&039; Then Aule cast down his ha: &039;May Eru bless ain and said: &039;Even as I gave being to the thoughts of the Ainur at the beginning of the World, so now I have taken up thy desire and given to it a place therein; but in no other ill I amend thy handiwork, and as thou hast made it, so shall it be But I will not suffer this: that these should con, nor that thy impatience should be rewarded They shall sleep now in the darkness under stone, and shall not come forth until the Firstborn have awakened upon Earth; and until that ti it seem But when the time comes I will awaken them, and they shall be to thee as children; and often strife shall arise between thine and mine, the children of my adoption and the children of my choice&039;

Then Aule took the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves, and laid them to rest in far-sundered places; and he returned to Valinor, and waited while the long years lengthened

Since they were to come in the days of the power of Melkor, Auleto endure

Therefore they are stone-hard, stubborn, fast in friendship and in ener and hurt of bodypeoples; and they live long, far beyond the span of Men, yet not for ever

Aforeti the Dwarves returned to the earth and the stone of which they were made; yet that is not their own belief For they say that Aule the Maker, whoathers them to Mandos in halls set apart; and that he declared to their Fathers of old that Iluvatar will hallow the the Children in the End Then their part shall be to serve Aule and to aid hi of Arda after the Last Battle They say also that the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves return to live again in their own kin and to bear once more their ancient naes, father of that kindred most friendly to the Elves, whose mansions were at Khazad-du of the Dwarves he kept this work hidden from the other Valar; but at last he opened his mind to Yavanna and told her of all that had come to pass Then Yavanna said to him: &039;Eru is merciful Now I see that thy heart rejoiceth, as indeed it iveness but bounty

Yet because thou hiddest this thought from me until its achieves of s made by their own hands, as doth their father They will delve in the earth, and the things that grow and live upon the earth they will not heed Many a tree shall feel the bite of their iron without pity&039;

But Aule answered: &039;That shall also be true of the Children of Iluvatar; for they will eat and they will build And though the things of thy realm have worth in themselves, and would have worth if no Children were to coive them doh not, by the purpose of Eru, without respect or without gratitude&039;

&039;Not unless Melkor darken their hearts,&039; said Yavanna And she was not appeased, but grieved in heart, fearing what ht be done upon Middle-earth in days to come Therefore she went before Manwe, and she did not betray the counsel of Aule, but she said: &039;King of Arda, is it true, as Aule hath said to me, that the Children when they cos of my labour, to do as they will therewith?&039;

&039;It is true,&039; said Manwe &039;But why dost thou ask, for thou hadst no need of the teaching of Aule?&039;