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Chapter 3

Lullaby

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I sat down closest near the fire. A while ago, before Bilbo woke up, they had set up the window. Dwarves began sitting around in the same room. Gandalf tried to speak to Bilbo about coming, though I am not sure if he would come anyway. Thorin came up behind me with a blanket that he put over my shoulders, I smiled to him and he smiled back and he looked into the fire. The Dwarves began humming on a familiar song, then I saw all the Dwarves was here, Balin had taken a seat on a chair next to me, almost behind me and then Thorin began singing.

"Far over the misty mountains cold

To dungeons deep

And caverns old

We must away

´Ere break of day

To find our long-forgotten gold."

I looked at him as he looked at me when he sang the last sentence of that paragraph. He used this sing this to me when I was little, as a lullaby when I went to sleep. Then Bofur began singing, as he had the loveliest voice of the Dwarves that I know, and so did few others to begin singing. The Dwarves stood up.

"The pines were roaring on the height

The winds were moaning in the night

The fire was red, it flaming spread

The trees like torches blazed with light."

It was late and the Dwarves began finding places to sleep, I still sat there looking into the fire that was soon gone. A Dwarf came over and tried making it alive again, I looked at whom it was, and it was Fíli. "Strange is it not? Hearing that song again that Thorin used to sing for us as a lullaby." I smiled.

"Yes, it is a while since I last heard it. Maybe we should try make him sing for us again soon," I said and we both laughed.

"Won´t be the first time," he said.

…

Sometimes the Dwarves can really clean up after themselves. When we left the Bag End the morning after, everything was in the right order. We all had a mount; the Dwarves had taken with them few other ponies, to carry the extras. Of course I had packed enough for the quest I knew I would get on, but of course I knew the Dwarves brought with them a lot of food. So that won´t be a problem. The Dwarves began talking between each other how waste of time it was to come to the Shire.

"Oh, I must disagree with you, Master Dwarves," I said and looked back as I was in the middle of the line. They who talked about it looked at me. "I think it was quite fun with Bilbo Baggins. A lot of good food," I said and they did agree with that. "And the ale." Now they agreed more.

"But still, a waste of time," Dori said and I laughed at their stubbornness. After been raised by the Dwarves since I was eight, their stubbornness still surprise me. I heard a low voice say, "wait, wait," and the line stopped. I turned my horse and saw Bilbo Baggins come running after us with the contract in his hand.

"I signed it," he said exhausted, waving the contract in his hand. "Here." He gave the contract to Balin. Is he really coming? Balin checked if it was correct.

"Everything appears to be in order," Balin said. "Welcome, Master Baggins to the company of Thorin Oakenshield." Both Thorin and I looked at each other and I raised my eyebrows, this is not really good… I do not like the look on Thorin´s face.

"Give him a pony," Thorin said and we were on the move again. I rode forward next to Thorin.

"Give him a chance, maybe?" I asked Thorin.

"Tiaashar!" Kili called out, I turned my head a bit to him. "Pay up to Gandalf!" He laughed and so did Fíli. They are so getting back for mention it. I took forth the money I owed and throw it over to Gandalf, who seemed quite happy about winning the bet if Bilbo showed up or not.

"Give him a chance, huh?" Thorin asked. I did not actually give him a chance just now…

"Shut up," I said.