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

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The king's cave was his palace...

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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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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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"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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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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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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