Thursday, March 18, 2010

An Unexpected Party - extract from The Hobbit

"The next day he had almost forgotten about Gandalf. He did not remember things very well, unless he put them down on his Engagement Tablet, like this: Gandalf Tea Wednesday. Yesterday he had been too flustered to do anything of the kind.
"Just before tea-time there came a tremendous ring on the front-door bell, and then he remembered! He rushed and put on the kettle, and put out another cup and saucer, and an extra cake or two, and ran to the door.
" ' I am so sorry to keep you waiting!' was what he was going to say, when he saw that it was not Gandalf at all. It was a dwarf with a blue beard tucked into a golden belt, with very bright eyes under his dark-green hood. As soon as the door was opened, he pushed inside, just as if he had been expected.
"He hung his hooded cloak on the nearest peg, and 'Dwalin at your service!' he said with a low bow.
" ' Bilbo Baggins at yours!" said the hobbit, too surprised to ask any questions for the moment. When the silence that followed had become uncomfortable, he said, 'I am just about to take tea, pray come and have some with me.' A little stiff, perhaps, but he meant it kindly. And what would you do if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explination?"

That is only the beginning of poor Bilbo Baggins' adventures. If you want the rest, you'll have to read The Hobbit, because I can't type it all here. It's funny though.

5 comments:

  1. By the way, it wasn't only one dwarf, it turned out to be THIRTEEN!!! Poor Bilbo!

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  2. Oh, thanks for telling me, now I will be able answer that question on your goodreads quiz.

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  3. Oops...maybe I shouldn't have said that! But, this is my favorite part of the book, so there!

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  4. Why can't you type out the whole book?

    Oh wait... probably a bad idea you might clog some servers... Don't listen to my bad ideas anymore! Or...would listening to me telling you not to listen be listening.... I'm going to stop now...I'm hurting my brain...

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  5. I can tell that! I could type the whole book, but you'd have to be prepared for a pretty long entry!

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