The cannibals are confused, but it is his final request, so they give him a fork.

食人者不知他要干什么，但这是他最后的请求，所以他们还是给了他一把叉。

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Diehard Tolkien fans should continue on to where the road splits, taking the right fork of Banbury Road to reach Wolvercote Cemetery, the final resting place of Tolkien and his wife Edith.

BBC: Literary Oxford