In a hole there lived a Hobbit...

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Up jumped Bilbo, and putting on his dressing-gown went into the dining-room.

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What's a burrahobbit...?

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A short rest

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"Lost it is, my precious, lost, lost!"

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"Go on telling, then!" said Beorn,...

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...suddenly he saw the Goblins...in full armor...

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Over Hill and Under Hill

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The nastiest things they saw were the cobwebs.

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...baggages and packages...fingered by Goblins...

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...before him only ridges and slopes falling towards lowlands...

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Bombur slept on with a smile on his fat face.

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..suddenly Dori...was grabbed from behind...

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He just managed to catch old Dori's legs...

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...so he trotted along with his little sword in front of him...

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Bilbo woke up - and found he was not home at all.

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Out leaped Wood-elves with their bows and spears...

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There on the grey stone in the grass was an enormous thrush,...

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For a long time the dwarves stood in the dark befor the door...

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They had escaped..., but wether alive or dead...

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And far away...there loomed the Lonely Mountain.

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...a sudden thin and piercing ray of red...

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...off they went, north up the lake...

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...at once the whole lot of the came hurrying after the hobbit...

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"There lies all that is left of Dale," said Balin.

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"Mr. Baggins!" he cries. "Here is the first payment..."

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...the pool and the Gate blocked with a wall of new-hewn stone...

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Suddenly ... they sprang silently forward to attack.

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Before long,...they could see him as a spark of fire..

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There for ages his huge bones could be seen...

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"I am Roc son of Carc."

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He rose in fire and went away south towards the Running River.

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In the meanwhile, the dwarves sat in darkness,...

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Many of the Dwarves spent their time...ordering the treasure.

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There far away was the Lonely Mountain on the edge of eyesight.

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It was on May the First that the two came back...to...Rivendell.

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"Thank goodness!" said Bilbo laughing, and handed him the tobacco-jar.

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The king's cave was his palace...

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He pulled open the door with a jerk...

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Somewhere behind the grey clouds the sun must have gone down.

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"Who are you, and of what would you parley?"

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"Well, here is Mirkwood!" said Gandalf.

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...a narrow bridge of stone...to the Last Homely House

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...the barrels turned and twisted off down the stream...

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The Elves were the first to charge.

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Smaug lay, with wings folded like an immeasurable bat,...

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They buried Thorin deep beneath the Mountain,...

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"It's got to ask uss a question, my preciouss, yes, yess, yesss."

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...outside they heard the roar and rumble of Smaug's fury.

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...this one is THE Carrock...

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They were come to the Front Gate,...

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The Great Goblin gave a truly awful howl of rage...

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They came to the river that marked the...borderland of the Wild.

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Bert, Bill and Tom the Trolls

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On the table...he spread a peace of parchment...

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"I'll soon put an end to that," hissed the angry spider...

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They made there third camp, hauling up...with their ropes.

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...one morning long ago, Bilbo was standing at his door...

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They saw him sooner than he saw them.

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...the wargs had no intention of going away...

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Gaze as much as he might, he could see no end to the trees.

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"..in meanwhile what next?"..."I suggest Lake-town,"...

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Full on the town he fell.

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