Summary One April morning Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit in his middle years, is smoking his pipe. He married into the Took family, but unlike the other members of the family Bilbo wasn't really fond of travelling. That very morning Bilbo is visited by an old man, Gandalf, the good wizard, who has come to invite Bilbo to accompany him on an adventurous journey. Bilbo is a little frightened by the idea and asks Gandalf to …showed first 75 words of 2508 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2508 total…pot of gold they burried on the trip to the mountain near the cave of the trolls, he is just in time to prevent his belongings from being auctioned off. The hobbits thought he was dead. Everything returns to normal, although in the eyes of the other hobbits Bilbo remains strange. Years later Gandalf visits him together with Balin and tells him that the area of the Mountain has become prosperous and peaceful... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**