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121 " Quite a merry gathering!...What's that? Tea! No thank you! A little red wine, I think for me. "
― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Hobbit
122 " Moon-letters are rune-letters, but you cannot see them. "
123 " Chip the glasses and crack the plates! Blunt the knives and bend the forks! That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates– Smash the bottles and burn the corks! Cut the cloth and tread on the fat! Pour the milk on the pantry floor! Leave the bones on the bedroom mat! Splash the wine on every door! Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl; Pound them up with a thumping pole; And when you’ve finished, if any are whole, Send them down the hall to roll! That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates! So, carefully! carefully with the plates! "
124 " Hush! Take no notice!" - Gandalf "
125 " I have no signs on my door—it was painted a week ago—, "
126 " Going on from there was the bravest thing he ever did. The tremendous things that happened afterwards were as nothing compared to it. He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait. "
127 " What on earth did I ask him to tea for!” he said to himself, as he went to the pantry. "
128 " I am tired of stairs and stone passages. i would give a good deal for the feel of grass at my toes. "
129 " The best rooms were all on the left-hand side (going in), for these were the only ones to have windows, deep-set round windows looking over his garden and meadows beyond, sloping down to the river. "
130 " I will give you a name,” he said to it, “and I shall call you Sting. "
131 " There were many paths that led up into those mountains, and many passes over them. But most of the paths were cheats and deceptions and led nowhere or to bad ends; and most of the passes were infested by evil things and dreadful dangers. "
132 " Kili and Fili rushed for their bags and brought back little fiddles; Dori, Nori, and Ori brought out flutes from somewhere inside their coats; Bombur produced a drum "
133 " The dark filled all the room, and the fire died down, and the shadows were lost, and still they played on. And suddenly "
134 " Farewell!” they cried, “wherever you fare, till your eyries receive you at the journey’s end!” That is the polite thing to say among eagles. “May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks,” answered Gandalf, who knew the correct reply. "
135 " These are Rustbell Rabbits! I'd like to see them try!!! "
136 " There he lay, a vast red-golden dragon, fast asleep; thrumming came from his jaws and nostrils, and wisps of smoke, but his fires were low in slumber. "
137 " Gandalf for certain this time,” he thought as he puffed along the passage. But it was not. It was two more dwarves, both with blue hoods, silver belts, and yellow beards; and each of them carried a bag of tools and a spade. In they hopped, as soon as the door began to open—Bilbo was hardly surprised at all. "
138 " Seguid si es vuestro deber —dijo—, yo me echaré aquí a dormir y a soñar con comida, ya que no puedo tenerla de otro modo. Espero no despertar nunca más. "
139 " A large grey stone lay in the centre of the grass and he stared moodily at it or watched the great snails. They seemed to love the little shut-in bay with its walls of cool rock, and there were many of them of huge size crawling slowly and stickily along its sides. "
140 " Good morning! said Bilbo, and he meant it. "