Can you see the example or list form used in that paragraph? Tolkien uses series of things to elaborate and fill out his paragraph and show what he means by "many things". Even though the paragraph is only three sentences long, it is richer than the seven-sentence paragraph used as a sample in the textbook.
"The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow sharp as swords. In that realm a man may, perhaps, count himself fortunate to have wandered, but its very richness and strangeness tie the tongue of the traveller who would report them. And while he is there it is dangerous for him to ask too many questions, lest the gate should be shut and the keys be lost." ---JRR Tolkien, On Fairy Stories
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