(The story belongs to J.R.R. Tolkien and the movies belong to Peter Jackson.)

Soon we found ourselves walking along large fields of golden grass, then walked underneath a large boulder with a beautiful waterfall falling over it for shade. Then we climbed farther and farther up a mountain, and traveled along the snowy peaks; as night fell we walked along the edge of the mountain, then it started to rain. It thundered, lightning, and rained as we traveled along the treacherous edge of the mountain, "Hey, hold on", Thorin yelled as we held onto the wall to retain our balance. Then Bilbo slipped, I was quick to grab him as was Dwalin and we pushed him back to the wall; I noticed Bofur also caught my arm to prevent me from falling as well and I thanked him as we continued along.

"We must find shelter", Thorin yelled back at us, "Look out", Dwalin yelled as we turned to see a large boulder heading right for us, it was thrown right above, the it crushed, and fell over us in pieces. "Look out brother", I heard Gloin yell, "Hold on", I heard Kili yell as the rocks fell over us, "This is no thunderstorm…it's a thunder battle", Balin yelled as he looked off into the distance, looking toward his line of sight I saw a very large rock figure that was illuminated by the lightning and my heart skipped a beat in fright. Overwhelming fear consumed most of the dwarves and then another giant rock creature removed itself from a mountain to face it's foe, "Well bless me", Bofur said as the rock creature picked up a boulder off the ground, "The legends are true, giants-stone giants!" The boulder, that the rock creature held, was then thrown at the head of the other rock creature who then fell on its back. "Take cover you fool", Thorin yelled as Kili pulled him Bofur back who stood near the edge, gapping at the giant rock creatures.

Then, all of a sudden, the mountain we stood on began to move and then we were all lifted up as it appeared that we were standing on a stone giant ourselves. I was about to fall forward when Bilbo pushed me back as our half separated from the other half of the dwarves as the giant we were on stood up, "What's happening", Kili cried as Fili reached his hand forward to grab his brother, "Grab my hand", Fili yelled as the giant's legs were spreading apart and separating the brothers. As our rock giant stood another rock giant head butted ours and caused it to fall backwards a bit, causing it to land on another mountain. This action allowed the other half of dwarves to run off its knee and onto safety on the other mountain. However, our half hardly managed to hold on as our rock giant punched the other; we kept getting flung about until we stopped near in front of the other half of our friends.

"Jump, come on", Thorin yelled, "Are you crazy?! That's like a thousand foot drop", I yelled, "More like five thousand", Bofur told me which made me glare and then punch him in the arm, causing him to grunt in pain , "Not helping", I yelled angrily as he rubbed his arm. Then the rock giant thrusted forward and we managed to fall onto the ledge to safety before getting crushed. "No, no, no, Kili", Thorin yelled as the other half of dwarves came running around the corner of the mountain and they sighed relieved as we lied there in pain. "It's alright! There alive", I heard Gloin yell in joy, I smiled as I sat up and looked around then I frowned and looked again.

"Where's Bilbo", I heard Bofur say and I panicked, "Where's the hobbit", my eyes widened as I saw a pair of hands holding onto the ledge, "Bilbo", I yelled as I ran over to grab his hand. When he fell, I fell to grab his hand, "Hold on", I cried, "What are you doing", I heard Thorin yell as someone grabbed my foot. "Don't you dare let go", I yelled to Bilbo who just nodded helplessly as the dwarves attempted to pull us up, but I was in an angle off the cliff where when they tried to pull me up it gave me great pain. All of the dwarves held onto me as Thorin jumped down to grab Bilbo and threw him up onto the ledge and I sighed relieved then I gave Thorin a funny look as gently pulled me down by the shoulders. Then he lifted me up by the waist so that the dwarves and Bilbo could pull me up as well. Thorin almost fell as well, then Dwalin jumped forward and pulled him up as well.

Bilbo and I tried to catch our breath as we leaned against the wall of the mountain, "Don't do that again, you had me…worried", I said and whispered the last part looking away from Bilbo. Then I heard him sigh and then he held my hand, "I thought we lost our burglar", I heard Dwalin say, "He's been lost ever since he left home", Thorin said looking at us then glanced down at our joined hands which made him angry and confused. "They should never have come, they have no place amongst us", Thorin said angrily, I was about to shout and yell at him but after seeing Bilbo's face I remained where I was.

"Dwalin", Thorin called as he went into a nearby cave and Dwalin followed, Bilbo held onto my hand as he helped me up as we both stood and then let go. "Thank you for…risking your life for me", Bilbo said to me and blushed, "I can't say I would do that for anyone", I told him honestly and our eyes widened at what I had just said. "Are you done? We're entering the cave", Bofur said and I nodded quickly walking into the cave where the dwarves had just walked into and Bilbo followed soon after.

Dwalin looked around the inside of the cave with a lit lantern, "There's nothing here", he said making sure the cave was clear of enemies. "Right, let's get a fire started", Gloin said setting down some broken elven wooden chairs, "No, no fires…not in this place. Get some sleep we leave at first light", Thorin told us as he walked cautiously around. "We were to wait in the mountains until Gandalf joined us that was the plan", Balin told Thorin annoyed. "Plans change and we already have a wizard with us", Thorin said referring the last part to me and I sighed annoyed, "Bofur, take first watch", Thorin told Bofur who looked up in surprise.

All of us soon fell asleep and a few hours had passed when I felt a light breeze and someone shook me lightly waking me up. When I woke I saw that it was Bilbo who stood over me with a hand on my shoulder, "We're leaving" Bilbo whispered as I yawned and stretched, "What….already", I asked and he quickly shushed me and I gave him a worried look. "We're going back to Rivendell", he told me and my eyes widened as I quickly sat up, "What", I whispered as he continued, "And I can't leave my guest behind", then I blushed. Quickly he rolled up my blanket, attached to my pack, and gave it to me to carry, "We can't leave and what about our quest", I whispered, "You heard Thorin and he's right I have been lost since I went on this quest, it doesn't suit me….does it suit you", he asked me as he began walking toward the exit. "Well, no…but isn't that the whole point to get out of our….Bilbo", I whispered as I followed and tried to stop Bilbo.

"Where do you think you two are going", Bofur asked right when we passed him and we turned around to look at him, "Back to Rivendell", Bilbo answered before I could say. "No, no, you both can't turn back now, eh? You're a part of the company, you're both on of us", Bofur told us as he stood to face us upset, "I know", I replied and I heard Bilbo sigh. "But I'm not…am I", Bilbo asked us, "Of course you are", I told him, it was obvious that he was, "You may think that, but Thorin….Thorin said I should never have come and he was right…I'm not a Took…I'm a Baggins, I don't know what I was thinking…I should never have ran out that door", Bilbo told us. "Bilbo", I said and sighed as he looked at me, "It doesn't matter what you think you are, but what you think you should be. Not every Took is going to be a Took, nor every Baggins is going to be like every Baggins", I told and gestured to Bilbo as an example.

Bilbo looked like he was thinking about what I said, "You're homesick, I understand", Bofur suddenly said and Bilbo sighed looking over to him, "No you don't…you don't understand….none of you do, you're dwarves….you're used to this life. To living on the road, never settling in one place, not belonging anywhere…oh, I'm sorry…I didn't-", "No, you're right", Bofur said cutting him off as I looked at the dwarves sadly as did Bofur, "We don't belong anywhere", Bofur told us. Then I glanced up as Bofur turned his head back to look at us," I wish you both all the luck in the world", Bofur said sadly, "I really do", then he patted us on the shoulders. Bilbo nodded and turned around, I was about to stop him when Bofur said, "What's that", as he pointed to our blades.

Looking down I quickly removed my dagger and my eyes widened as I saw that it was glowing blue, "Wake up, wake up", I heard Thorin yell behind me alert. Then we all fell through the floor as it tilted beneath us and we slid down a rocky slide until we all fell through a hole and landed in a wooden-chained cage. Bilbo landed on the heap of dwarves and then I landed on Bilbo as he grunted when I did so, then we watched as a hoard of horrid looking goblins came running toward us. They grabbed, pulled, and pushed us, "You'll pay for this", I heard Gloin yell, "Get off, get you hands off me, get off", Dwalin yelled as well, the goblins hands then slipped off of me and passed by as if I was invisible and I slowly bent down making myself as small as I could.

Once the goblins were gone I stood up and looked at Bilbo as he walked up beside me, "We have to free them", I told him as I pulled out my dagger, "I agree", he replied pulling out his weapon as well. Even though I couldn't tell what he was feeling I could see determination on his face and that he found some courage. We snuck across the bridges, being careful to keep a safe distance away from the hoard of goblins that held our friends, we figured once the goblins were distracted or when they isolated the dwarves we would sneak in and free them. Of course it was much easier said than done and it became harder when one of the goblins jumped down and landed in front of us.

The goblin growled at us and then it charged, ready to swing at us with its sword; we fought it off with Bilbo's sword and my dagger. Then the goblin got frantic with its movements, it even jumped onto Bilbo and bit his ear, I quickly stabbed it in the back, and it screeched. It writhed until we fell over the edge of the bridge, I screamed and Bilbo managed to catch me in midair, pulling me close to him, and spun around so that his back faced the ground. I woke up and opened my eyes when I heard painful breathing coming from the goblin not too far from where I landed and I stayed completely still as a strange, small, and bug eyed creature slowly crawled to the goblin.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes", the creature squawked, examining the goblin as if it were a meal, "Gollum, Gollum", the creature said as it dragged the goblin away. Then the goblin sprang back to life at it tried to attack the creature, however the creature grabbed a rock and beat it simultaneously. As the creature beat the goblin to death, I saw something golden fly out of its pocket and it shined ominously. "Nasty goblinses", the creature said as it proceeded to drag the goblin away, "Better than old bones precious…better than nothing."

I sighed in relief once the creature was gone, "Um, you can get off me now", Bilbo told me and we both blushed as I quickly got up and helped Bilbo up as well. "Thanks for saving me", I said, "Your welcome, suppose this make us even", Bilbo told me smiling and I smiled back, "I suppose it does", I replied as he looked away and down. Bilbo walked forward and picked something up, "What's that", I asked walking up beside him, "A ring", he replied and showed it to me; why would that creature have a ring, I wondered. The ominous feeling grew as I was now closer to the ring, "There's something dark in that ring", I commented and I felt an anxious feeling roll off the ring as it manipulated our minds. There was a demand of freedom…of escape coming off the ring, but that would mean that the ring was alive? Then I shook off the feeling, "Put that ring in your pocket unless you want to be caught with it", I said and Bilbo did just that as he whispered, "Good idea."

Then I jumped as I heard the creature yell, "Ah, too many boneses precious, not enough flesh! Shut up, cut its skin off!" We slowly made our way towards where the creature was yelling from with our weapons drawn, "Start with its head", the creature said, I was now grossed out. I held my bearings as it started to sing, "The cold hard lands, they bites our hand, they grows our feet. The rocks and stones, they're like old bones, all bare of meat", as it sung Bilbo and I snuck behind a large rock inside a large opening inside the cave, where a lake and a middle land sat in the middle of the opening, this is where the creature and the goblin sat.

Bilbo and I poked our heads around the rock to look at the creature, "Cold as death, without no breath, it's good to eat", the creature sang and the goblin suddenly screamed as it tried to get away. Then the creature snapped its neck and Bilbo jumped and we quickly hid back behind the rock once we saw that the creature looked at us. We saw that our weapons glow slowly faded as the goblin died and I gulped, glancing over to the creature from behind the rock again, we saw that it and the goblin had disappeared. There was heavy breathing coming right above us and we both looked up to see the creature looking down, then it smiled and jumped down.

"Bless us and splash us precious, there's two meaty mouthfulls", the creature said before Bilbo and I lifted our weapons and pointed them at the creature. The creature frowned as Bilbo held his sword at the creature's throat, "Gollum, Gollum! Ack", the creature said annoyed and angry glancing up at the two of us. Bilbo had one hand that held his sword pointing it at the creature's throat and his other hand was in front and protecting me, I gave him a confused look but didn't object from the thoughtful gesture. "Stay back, stay back, I'm warning you…don't come any closer", Bilbo said, his voice shaking a bit. "It's got and elfish blade, but it's not an elfs", the creature said crawling away and turned around to examine us, "Not an elfs, no…What is its precious? What is its", it asked us.

"My name is Bilbo Baggins", said Bilbo, "And I'm Liliana Short", I said my name as well and the creature glanced at the both of us, the creature looked like a very old man I noticed once he was visible in the light. "What is a Bagginses and a Shortses, precious", the creature or old man asked us and we shifted uncomfortably underneath its gaze, looking at each other than the creature. "I'm a hobbit and she's…a shrunken version daughter of men", Bilbo replied, "Oh we like goblinses, batses, and fishes, but we never tried hobbitses or shrunken menses before…is it soft? Is it juicy", the creature said slowly crawling toward us with its mouth drooling like a predator. Bilbo quickly swung his sword at it with both of his hands as I kept my dagger pointed at it, "Now, now, keep your distance…I will use this if I have to", Bilbo said and pointed his sword back at the creature.

The creature screeched making Bilbo jump and swing his sword at it again, "We don't want any trouble, do you understand", "Just show us the way out and we'll leave you alone", both Bilbo and I said and the creature smirked up at us. "Why? Is its lost", the creature asked menacingly, "Yes, yes, and we'd like to get unlost as soon as possible", Bilbo said and I closed my eyes, it would have been better if he had not shared that information to the being who is more than capable of taking us out and eating us. "Oh, we knows! We knows paths safe for hobbitses and menses. Safe paths in the dark", the creature said while pointing across the lake and then quickly lowered his hand as it told itself to, "Shut up!" "We didn't say anything", Bilbo said as we looked at each other, then the creature confused, "We wasn't talking to you", the creature said glaring at us, then it said, "Oh yes precious we was…precious we was."

"Look, I don't know what your game is-", "Games", the creature said excitedly and then jumped onto a small rock, "Oh we love games, doesn't we precious? Does its like games? Does its? Does its? Does its like to play", the creature asked us, smiling broadly. "Maybe", Bilbo said smiling unsure, "Sure", I said awkwardly and I felt the ring's dark amusement and then it went silent again. "What has roots as nobody sees? Is taller than trees? Up, up, up it goes and yet never grows", the creature asked Bilbo, "The mountain", Bilbo answered instantly as if it were obvious. "Yes, yes, now you", the creature said looking at me, "No flesh, feathers, scales, or bones…but has fingers, what is it?" "Gloves", I answered just as quickly and the creature smiled, "Yes! Oh, let's have another one, eh? Yes, do it again! Do it again! No! No more riddles, finish them, finish them now! Gollum, Gollum", the creature yelled before it charged at us. "Wait", I yelled and Bilbo quickly stepped in front of me, "No, no, no, we want to play. We do, don't we", Bilbo asked me faking a smile and I nodded unsure. "Oh, yeah…definitely", I said awkwardly giving Bilbo an unsure look, "See? We want to play, I can see….you are very good at this", Bilbo said cautiously, still giving the creature a fake smile.

The creature's eyes widened and it smiled in excitement, "So why don't we have a game of riddles? Yes? Just you, me, and her", Bilbo said tilting his head, gesturing toward me as he had his legs bent to look the creature in the eyes at its level. The creature crawled to us, "Yes, yes, just us…you, me, and she", the creature said, "Yes, yes", Bilbo said nodding, "And if we win-", "No! Separate…we play separate", the creature yelled disapprovingly. "Fine", I said annoyed, "If either of us win, you show us the way out…and that applies if we both win", I told the creature, "Yes, yes", the creature said and looked up at me annoyed, "And if its lose? What then? Well, if its lose precious, then we eats its", the creature said looking away and talking to itself. Both Bilbo and I looked at each other nervously before it turned around and said, "If Baggins or Shorts loses, we eats its whole", the creature told us calmly and shrugged.

Bilbo hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "Fair enough", he said, oh yeah there's definitely nothing wrong with putting our lives on the menu for this creature…I really don't want to end up someone's lunch. I groaned and I felt the ring laugh in cruel amusement, I was annoyed by this. Both Bilbo and I sheathed our weapons, then we looked at the creature, "Ladies first", the creature said to me, "Um…okay, what has a mouth, but can't chew", I asked the creature. It thought for a moment before it asked, "A river", I sighed and nodded, it cheered in excitement, "Okay, it is light as a feather, but no one can hold it for long, what is it", I asked, "Breath", the creature answered easily. "Another", the creature said ominously and I gulped, "Something and nothing enter, something goes out the window, nothing goes out the door. Who's left", I asked the creature. It thought for a long moment and said, "And? It's and", the creature said excitedly, "One more", the creature said confidently. "Fine, one equals six, two equals one and six, three equals one two and six, four equals one two three and six, five equals one two three four and six. What doe six equal", I asked and the creature answered overconfidently, "One, two, three, four, five, and six."

I shook my head and the creature's eyes widened, "Nope, six equals one…you had to switch the first one", I explained and the creature cried, "No! We still have one left and we'll play as well…Bagginses turn", the creature said ominously and Bilbo gulped, hesitated, then said, "Thirty white horses on a red hill…first they chomp, then they stomp, then they stand still." The creature thought for a moment, it opened and closed its mouth thinking it had the answer, then it asked, "Teeth? Teeth", the creature said excitedly after Bilbo nodded his head, telling it that it was the right answer. "Oh yes precious, but we only have nine", the creature said, then showed us its sharpened and rotting teeth, "Our turn", it said ominously, "Voiceless, it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters." Bilbo worded the riddle, then paced as he thought, "Just a minute…uh…" Bilbo said walking to the edge of the lake inside the cave. "Oh! We lose, we lose! Shut up", the creature told itself.

"Wind…it's wind, of course it is", Bilbo answered turning back around to face the creature and I sighed relieved and the creature growled. "Very clever hobbitses…very clever", the creature growled and crawled towards us, we immediately pulled out our weapons and pointed them at the creature. "A-a-a box without hinges, key, or lid…yet golden treasure is hid", Bilbo said and the creature stopped to think. "Oh, um…box…the lid and a key", the creature said, "Well", Bilbo asked getting impatient and I watched as the creature tried to figure it out and it gave Bilbo a glare, "It's nasty", it whispered as it continued to think. "Box…key", the creature said quietly to itself, "Do you give up", Bilbo asked, "Give us a chance, precious! Give us a chance", the creature cried and it got really frustrated.

Bilbo and I waited anxiously for the creature's answer and then it shouted, "Eggses", excitedly, Bilbo looked upset and quite frankly so was I. "Eggses! Wet, crunchy, little eggses, yes…Grandmother taught us to suck them, yes", the creature yelled happily, this creature must've lived somewhere else before settling in this cave. Then we heard a bat chirp in the distance and turned around to see it fly overhead, turning back around we noticed that the creature had disappeared. I heard the creature exhale creepily as it's voice echoed throughout the cave, "We have one for you: All things it devours…birds, bees, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stones to meal…answer us", the creature said and we couldn't figure out where it was. "Give me a moment, please. I gave you a good long while", Bilbo said sounding annoyed then he repeated the riddle quietly to himself.

"I don't know this one", Bilbo commented as we looked around for the creature, "Is it tasty? Is it scrumptious? Is it crunchable", the creature asked and then grabbed Bilbo's shoulders and we quickly turned around to point our weapons at it. The creature drooled as it stared at us like we were meals on a platter and we quickly stepped back away from the creature, Bilbo kept one arm in front of me as we had our weapon pointed at the creature. "Let me think", Bilbo said as he stayed standing beside me, "It's stuck…Bagginses is stuck…time's up", the creature said and I smirked, the creature just gave us the answer. "Time…the answer is time", Bilbo said confidently and the creature gave us a sorrowful look, then it growled noticing its mistake, "Actually it wasn't that hard", Bilbo said and I rolled my eyes as I elbowed him in the ribs. "Ow", Bilbo cried, "Sure it wasn't", I said smiling and gave him a knowing look and then Bilbo smiled as well, for a moment we forgot we were in a riddle battle with a creature who had every intention on eating us.

"Last question", the creature said breaking us out of our moment and back into the real world, "Last chance", "Okay", Bilbo said nervously as we looked at it. "Ask us", the creature said innocently, then it shouted, "Ask us", "Yes, yes, all right", Bilbo said trying to calm the creature down as he walked to the edge of the lake again with his thumb in his pocket. "What have I got in my pocket", Bilbo asked quietly, "That's…that's not fair", the creature yelled upset, "It's not fair! It's against the rules", then the creature threw down a rock, I glanced at the rock and the creature questioningly. "Now ask us another one", the creature yelled annoyed and crossed its arms like a child, "No, no, no, no, you said, `Ask me a question`, well that's my question, `What have I got in my pocket`", Bilbo said and repeated the riddle again.

The creature jumped down from where it sat, "Three guesses precious, it must give us three", the creature demanded Bilbo who nodded and said, "Three guesses, very well… guess away." Is he crazy, I thought, "Handses", the creature said suddenly and Bilbo was quick to hold up his hands, one holding the sword and the other was empty. "Wrong, guess again", Bilbo said and the creature started freaking out and listed quietly what could be in pockets, "Fish bones, goblins' teeth, wet shells, bats' wings…knife! Oh, shut up", the creature said excitedly and then annoyed. "Wrong again, last guess", Bilbo said, "String! Or nothing", the creature yelled, "Two guesses at once, wrong both times", Bilbo said, pointing out the fact that the creature gave two answers. The creature fell to the ground and sobbed, it's hard to feel bad for it since it was after all planning to eat us after it won.

"So…come then, we won the game…you promised to show us the way out", Bilbo said walking up to the creature, before I grabbed his arm before he could walk any closer. Bilbo looked at me and gave me a nod before looking back at the creature as it said, "Did we so, precious? Did we say so", the creature asked menacingly as it sat up to look at us. "What has it got in its pocketses", asked the creature asked angrily, "That's no concern of yours…you lost", Bilbo said and the creature gave him a disappointed look. "Lost? Lost? Lost…" the creature said menacingly and smiled as it reached its hand into its own pocket. Then its eyes widened in horror and it looked into its pocket, then the other, "Where is it", the creature asked confused, "Where is it", the creature asked again, then checked the pile of bones that laid not too far from us over to the side and near the lake. "No! Ah! Where is it?! No, no", it cried as it ran into the water and splashed at it checked the contents. "Lost", it yelled and quickly crawled to the other side and splashed the water, checking the contents, "Curse us and splash us, my precious is lost!"

"The ring", I whispered to Bilbo and his eyes widened, then he took it out of his pocket and hid it behind his back, "What have you lost", Bilbo asked acting oblivious, "Maybe we can help you find it", I asked. "No! Mustn't ask us! Not its business! It's for us to find", the creature cried, "No! Gollum, Gollum!" Then the creature started panting as it stared into the water, "What has it got in its nasty little pocketses", the creature growled as it slowly turned around to face us. Bilbo held onto the ring even tighter and he didn't seem to notice as it made a little ringing sound and the creature stared at us in realization, "They stole it….they stole it", the creature said angrily, yelled, and then threw a rock at us. Quickly dodging the rock we ran back through the tunnel from where we walked through the first time, we held hands so we couldn't get separated as we took an alternative route.

"Give it to us", the creature yelled, its voice echoing throughout the tunnel as we ran into a dead end where a small crack-like tunnel lead to another route, "Ladies first", Bilbo told me, "What? No…I-", "You're smaller than me, I'll go in after, go", Bilbo said cutting me off and I nodded, the crack was somewhat easy for me to walk through. Then it was Bilbo's turn and he had a little bit more trouble getting through the crack then I did, our faces turned as white as a sheet when we heard the creature yell, "It's ours", and I started pulling on Bilbos arm trying to get him through and finally he was through the crack, but lost a few buttons in the process. Once he was through he landed right on top of me and the ring shot up in the air. After Bilbo quickly apologized to me, he reached up to grab the ring and it fell right on his middle finger. He was about to get up when the creature jumped in and looked around confused, then it crawled right past us yelling, "Thieves…Bagginses! Shortses", Bilbo and I looked at each other confused and got up while holding hands. I felt something bad would happen if I let go of his hand and he didn't protest, and then I felt that the ring was very pleased with itself.

"Wait my precious, wait", we heard the creature cry out as we snuck up behind it, still holding each other's hands. As we slowly approached the creature, it suddenly hid inside the tunnel that we were currently in. I smiled happily once I saw Gandalf and our friends, but soon frowned once they past us in the other tunnel where the creature came out of. We walked forward, but Bilbo stopped then he unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the creature whose back was facing us. He was about to slice off its head and I was going to let him as I looked angrily at the creature, at least until it turned around and I couldn't help remember what Gandalf had said. The creature looked around sadly and looked quite upset we both sighed, Bilbo and I looked at each other and I nodded to him, signaling that it was okay to put the weapon away then Bilbo sheathed his weapon.

We walked backwards ready to jump over the creature and while doing so its face returned back to its angry distorted expression. We ran forward and jumped over the creature, Bilbo accidently kicking it in the process. Running out of the cave we heard it yell, "Bagginses, Shortses! Thieves! Curse its and crush its! We hates its forever", Bilbo and I had escaped.