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THE HOBBITORTHERE ANDBACK AGAINBYJ.
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children’s fiction. Written for P
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CHAPTER VI: OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN I
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ILLUSTRATIONSThror’s MapThe Troll
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processing files, and a number of f
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Author's NoteThis is a story of lon
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unic title also read. On the Map al
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Chapter IAN UNEXPECTED PARTYIn a ho
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looking over his garden, and meadow
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heads (which is curly); have long c
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Bilbo Baggins was grown up, being a
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grass was very green. But Gandalf l
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hobbit without saying anything, til
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already that Mr. Baggins was not qu
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he said to himself, as he went to t
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said with a low bow.“Bilbo Baggin
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short, and then he—as the host: h
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Bilbo, remembering his manners this
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they marched with their broad hands
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Oakenshield himself, who was not at
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house. By the time he had got all t
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an after them almost squeaking with
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Then they went back, and found Thor
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forgot everything else, and was swe
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they caughtTo hide in gems on hilt
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fireLaid low their towers and house
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plain Mr. Baggins of Bag-End, Under
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“We are met to discuss our plans,
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“Excitable little fellow,” said
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Then Mr. Baggins turned the handle
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there was a man of the sort in thes
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much,” said Thorin disappointedly
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a large one of the Country Round wi
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shadow of the Mountain. But we none
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“All the same, I should like it a
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days for us, and the poorest of us
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wandering about, and it saved my li
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had got away, they told me to hold
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the paper, and he never told me you
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than big enough tasks for you!”
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wretched breakfast. The Tookishness
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elieved after all to think that the
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paper).This is what he read:“Thor
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Gandalf’s hands, and running as f
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thought of him, I daren’t think.
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ehind the others in a very muddy tr
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“Just when a wizard would havebee
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while, they fell to arguing. Some s
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find out all about that light, and
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not drawing-room fashion at all, at
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off without their noticing him. Oth
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efore they throttled him.“A burra
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“Not till he says what he means b
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No sooner did Tom see Balin come in
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outside in the shadows some way off
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him.It was just then that Gandalf c
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next time.“Who shall we sit on fi
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underground before dawn, or they go
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though they all pushed while Gandal
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these parts and days; but when we c
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friends of mine from Rivendell.”
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slippery. When they got to the top
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start at the beginning again (if yo
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them green pleasant places to look
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Rivendell. The air grew warmer as t
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No knowing, no knowingWhat brings M
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Then off they went into another son
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iver. It was flowing fast and noisi
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and ever—even supposing a wish wo
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time came to midsummer eve, and the
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approve of dwarves and their love o
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setting sun with the last light of
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Chapter IVOVER HILL AND UNDERHILLTh
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they did not dare to sing or talk t
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happen, and he hardly dared to hope
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were standing with their heads down
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So it proved on this occasion.Soon
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It seemed quite a fair size, but no
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knows where to.At that he woke up w
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horribly stuffy. The goblins were v
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ho! my lad! The general meaning of
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There in the shadows on a large fla
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to defend themselves.“Who are the
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hospitable mountains,” said Thori
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The yells and yammering, croaking,j
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steady themselves with. Not for a l
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they began to hear goblin noises an
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dropped their torches and gave one
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the eagles. As Bilbo listened to th
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weak little voice that nobody heard
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Chapter VIIQUEER LODGINGSThe next m
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than flying?”Bilbo would have lik
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gave them), Bilbo never saw them ag
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which we should have been following
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asked Bilbo as he went along at the
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tippet, muff, nor any other such un
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Bilbo and the dwarves had now plent
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wizard to the dwarves; “and when
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was clothed in a tunic of wool down
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advice. I may say we have had rathe
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Here they sat on wooden benches whi
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lands at all. We were crossing by t
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“As soon as we were asleep,” we
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hall, which was crowded with goblin
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But now please get on with the tale
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since goblins can count, I suppose
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animal noises turned into talk. The
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There they had a supper, or a dinne
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magic or not, it seemed to Bilbo th
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The grasses hissed, their tasselsbe
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low and he fell asleep. Yet in the
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moving off to find something to eat
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“I have been picking out bear-tra
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down here? We shall all be caught a
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of their story was true; but he had
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was a fierce enemy. But now he was
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neither drink of, nor bathe in; for
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north and then bore to the north-we
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iver to the south and scour all the
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herds of red deer browsing or sitti
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The dwarves were inclined to grumbl
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Baggins with you. I have told you b
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morning as at night, and very secre
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tales of that black sorcerer. I don
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Chapter VIIIFLIES AND SPIDERSThey w
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places on the forest-floor; but wha
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ound them, and sometimes pairs ofye
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and they shot no more squirrels.The
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“though of course I can’t be su
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pulled in vain. Kili came to his he
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they saw that it must have stuck in
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sprang over him. He had stumbled,th
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dwarves had leaped to their feet an
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they see growing in the wood, onlyf
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climb a tree and see if he can get
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all round him a sea of dark green,
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and ever in all directions! Whateve
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eat, he sat down and wept, for he f
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“I’m just going to lie here and
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ecause Bombur kept on describing al
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hopelessly lost, at least till morn
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Hobbit! You dratted hobbit! Hi! hob
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than before; and at the head of a l
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moments. But he soon made up his mi
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his sword right in the eyes. Then i
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cries for help had come in the nigh
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“They’re not as fat as they mig
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Bilbo saw that the moment had come
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swinging towards the hobbit, flingi
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stamped. Practically all the spider
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proper web, only great strands of d
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would tumble thump to the ground a
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had been constantly pinched and pok
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for them. How it darted to and fro!
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“I am going to disappear,” he s
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above them and throwing down their
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vanishing business carefully explai
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But there was nothing, nothing at a
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lights went out he fell like a ston
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In a great cave some miles within t
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His people neither mined nor worked
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shut him in one of the inmost caves
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hundreds of red stars. Out leaped W
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with trees. There the great beeches
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The Elvenking's Gate.The prisoners
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and drink, but not to be allowed to
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discovered the ways out of the wood
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to have a word with the chief of th
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all trusted Bilbo. Just what Gandal
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oof had been cut away and covered w
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For some time Bilbo sat and thought
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ut for the king’s feasts only, an
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none of them any too nimble, what w
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you all in again, and you can sit t
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the butler and give warning if they
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touches to the packing, and hoping
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Then they drank once round and beca
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suddenly discovered the weak point
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Where the forest wide and dimStoops
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could hear the elves still singing
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emember the dwarves. He managed tok
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suddenly wide, and there it was joi
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There is no need to tell you much o
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There was a mighty pushing of poles
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Chapter XA WARM WELCOMEThe day grew
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nothing of the poor dwarves underne
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Baggins shivering on the barrels, i
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must once have been a great deep ro
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coming of the Dragon, and the fall
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the shore, after they had gone and
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answer. These were unpacked and hel
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service once more, Mr. Baggins. No
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ack. I wish to see the Master of yo
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the tall piles on which were built
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from one to the other. The Elvenkin
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All sorrow fail and sadnessAt the M
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Some of the songs were old ones; bu
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utler. Nothing of course was ever s
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were frauds who would sooner or lat
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Chapter XION THE DOORSTEPIn two day
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him; the others were some way ahead
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Before setting out to search the we
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vapour and the water, and every now
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their weary way back to the camp. O
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they were seeking. Fili and Kili an
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fragments of broken spells of openi
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In the meanwhile some of them explo
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discovery of the path, but now they
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urglar doing for us? Since he has g
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crack behind him. There on the grey
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should fade, the dwarves rushed to
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Chapter XIIINSIDE INFORMATIONFor a
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think I shall refuse. Perhaps I hav
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pale sky barred with black when the
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him. “I have absolutely no use fo
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lies the great bottom-most cellar o
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the splendour, the lust, the glory
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ut Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, ga
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There was a breath of strange air i
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There they would have all been kill
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flame, beating his great wings with
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the theft, not if a thousand years
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that you ever made the vast extent
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espect little Bilbo. Now he had bec
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stepped back and blessed the luck o
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number.”“Lovely titles!” snee
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“Very well, O Barrel-rider!” he
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flashed across him, he trembled, an
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and finding the entrance. He had ne
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and their like is not in the world
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idea was to get away. “Well, I re
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again: it had all been singed and f
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are any people left there that trou
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All the while they talked the thrus
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delayed shutting the door—it seem
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hall below: the spears that were ma
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Darkness grew deeper and he greweve
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monstrous crow, down the wind towar
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Chapter XIIINOT AT HOMEIn the meanw
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lightening of the heart, as if a he
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was not a gleam of light—unless,
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else out of them. But in the end, w
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Ever as he climbed, the same white
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doors at the further side, and ther
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Anyway I expect it is safe for them
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them and struck them; and being mag
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hoard than the dwarves did. Long be
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down wide echoing ways, and turneda
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made straight and deep by the cunni
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seems to be late morning,” he sai
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attled the precious stones in his p
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a breakfast as they could, chiefly
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a while, and can see much without b
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Chapter XIVFIRE AND WATERNow if you
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“Which king?” said another with
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destroyed, before the roar of Smaug
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age, taking no heed to turn his sca
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ablaze and wither every field and p
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arrow! I have saved you to the last
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came the voices of the people of Es
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“Girion was lord of Dale, not kin
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ecompense of our damage, and aid fo
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Now everywhere Bard went he foundta
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things with wings that dwelt on the
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days much used to the marches and t
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Mountain. It was thus that in eleve
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wanderings; and these are birds tha
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secret news, and were rewarded with
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chief of the great ravens of the Mo
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dwarves; for they are homeless and
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“Back now to the Mountain!” cri
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wild far down the banks of the Runn
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There came a night when suddenly th
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faintly the fragrance of woodland f
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sleep,In hollow halls beneath the f
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eached him. But Bilbo’s heart fel
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his people. They aided you in yourd
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their inheritance you would have pa
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portion Bard will himself contribut
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Chapter XVIA THIEF IN THE NIGHTNow
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host that besets you; and even if t
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“I would give a good deal for the
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across when he missed his footing o
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your chiefs as quick as may be. I h
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“Quite so,” said Bilbo. “I se
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“This is the Arkenstone of Thrain
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Nothing they could say would stop h
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was soon fast asleep forgetting all
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the messenger.About midday the bann
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house—if there is need to ask suc
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dwarves are sometimes politer in wo
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withhold the share of the reward.An
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hurried on through the night, and s
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shall fight you!” They meant to p
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“Fools!” laughed Bard, “to co
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wings.“Halt!” cried Gandalf, wh
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had gathered in secret ways; and in
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flying lower, over the shoulder of
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put on his ring early in the busine
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ending the dead and the wounded.Vic
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leapt from their eyes. In the gloom
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sand. Their friends could not help
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sight that made his heart leap, dar
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Chapter XVIIITHE RETURN JOURNEYWhen
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stones?” said the man halting and
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it nearly was disastrous. But other
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not, he wept until his eyes were re
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on either side of the valley could
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North perished on that day, and the
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gathered to his throne in the ancie
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eally it is a relief to me. How on
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merrier for many a long day. The dr
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O hobbit?” said the king.“Well,
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those regions and ruled a wide land
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Chapter XIXTHE LAST STAGEIt was on
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The stars are far brighterThan gems
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and again he would open one eye, an
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is in flower,And bright are the win
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dragon—yet we thank you,” theya
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journey.This was much as it had bee
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the land and of the trees were as w
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There was a great commotion, and pe
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his silver spoons mysteriouslydisap
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heads and touched their foreheads a
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and dwarves and men.
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have turned out to be true, after a
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The Letters of J.R.R. TolkienFinn a
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COPYRIGHTHarperCollins Publishers77
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