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Plot Summary
“The Hobbit”
Bilbo, a simple hobbit, is smoking his pipe one day when the wizard Gandalf
appears and asks him to go on an adventure. He is confused and tells the wizard to
come back the next day. The wizard does show up the next day, with thirteen
dwarves. Bilbo is very frustrated by this, but he acts the part of the gracious host. The
dwarves eat, speaking of their imminent journey to an old home beneath Lonely
Mountain. Long ago, a dragon named Smaug chased their forefathers from the
mountain and stole their treasure. The group now wants Bilbo to come along as their
burglar.
Bilbo wakes late the next morning, and is hurried along by Gandalf to join his
fellow travelers. They begin their journey. Before long, they have gone further from
Bilbo’s place than Bilbo ever has before. One night, Gandalf disappears and they
cannot make a fire because it is too wet and cold. However, they see a fire in the
distance. Thorin, the leader of the dwarves, sends Bilbo ahead to investigate. There
are three trolls eating mutton around a fire. Bilbo tries to pick a pocket but is captured.
Soon, all of the dwarves are captured. Gandalf returns and causes trouble between the
trolls, until the suns rises and the trolls turn to stone.
The party travels for a while and arrives at a magical place called Rivendell.
They stay here for a while and get fresh supplies. They leave and enter the mountains.
Their path is dangerous and it begins to rain very hard. They take shelter in a cave and
fall asleep. Bilbo wakes to see the ponies being stolen. They are all grabbed by
goblins, except for Gandalf, who makes himself disappear. In the great hall of the
goblins, Gandalf reappears and kills the chief goblin right before the dwarves are to
be killed. The party flees into the tunnels. Bilbo is dropped and is knocked out in the
darkness. When he wakes, he finds a ring and wanders until he runs into a creature
