It’s crochet.īofur: Oh, and a wonderful game it is too, if you got the balls for it. Sharp enough for both of us.īilbo: Excuse me, that is a doily, not a dish cloth.īilbo: It’s supposed to look like that. Good morning.ĭwalin: By my beard! You are shorter and wider than last we met.īalin: Wider, not shorter.
I suggest you try over the hill or across the water. I’m Gandalf, and Gandalf means me!īilbo: We do not want any adventures here, thank you. Although you don’t remember I belong to it. I’m looking for someone to share in an adventure.īilbo: An adventure? No, I don’t imagine anyone west of Bree, would have much interest in adventures. Gandalf: What do you mean? Do you mean to wish me a good morning, or do you mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not? Or perhaps you mean to say that you feel good on this particular morning? Or are you simply stating that this is a morning to be good on? And that means good food, a warm hearth, and all the comforts of home.
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Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole full of worms and oozy smells. In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. It began, well, it began as you might expect. For quite by chance, and the will of a wizard, fate decided I would become part of this tale. Old Bilbo: That, my dear Frodo, is where I come in. And he never forgave, and he never forgot. But always, he remembered the mountain smoke beneath the moon, the trees like torches blazing bright, where he had seen dragon fire in the sky, and a city turn to ash. The young dwarf prince took work where he could find it, laboring in the villages of men. Old Bilbo: Robbed of their homeland, the dwarves of Erebor wandered the wilderness. And where sickness thrives bad things will follow. Old Bilbo: Thror’s love of gold had grown too fierce. Slowly the days turned sour, and the watchful nights closed in. But the years of peace and plenty were not to last. He took it as a sign, a sign that his right to rule was divine. The heart of the mountain, the Arkenstone. Ever they delved deeper down into the dark, and that is where they found it. Fashioning objects of great beauty, out of diamond, emerald, ruby and sapphire. Its wealth lay in the earth, in precious gems hewn from rock, and in great seams of gold running like rivers through stone. Built deep within the mountain itself, the beauty of this fortress city was legend. Thror ruled with utter surety, never doubting his house would endure, for his line lay secure in the lives of his son and grandson.
Stronghold of Thror, king under the mountain. For this city lay before the doors of the greatest kingdom in Middle-Earth, Erebor. Its markets known far and wide, full of the bounties of vine and vale, peaceful and prosperous.
The like of which you will not find in the world today. Old Bilbo: It began long ago in a land far away to the East. I think it is time for you to know what really happened. And while I can honestly say I have told you the truth, I may not have told you all of it. Old Bilbo: My dear Frodo, you asked me once if I had told you everything there was to know about my adventures. Simple acts of kindness and love.' - Gandalf (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) Click To Tweet The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 'It is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk, that keep the darkness at bay. The journey takes Bilbo on a path through treacherous lands swarming with orcs, goblins, the dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch), and other dangers, not the least of which is an encounter with Gollum (Andy Serkis) and a simple gold ring that is tied to the fate of Middle Earth in ways Bilbo cannot even fathom.ġ. The story follows Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to join a group of dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the kingdom of Erebor. Here is our list of the best quotes from Peter Jackson’s fantasy adventure prequel, The Hobbit Trilogy, based on the novel “The Hobbit” by J.R.R.