Chapter 3
I turned toward the party atmosphere, and laughed. Almost all of the older hobbits were laughing idiotically, as they stumbled on their own feet.
"There you are." I heard Clena say as I turned toward her.
"Yes, I heard you calling, did you want me?" I asked, knowing already that Frodo had done something to put that huge smile on her face.
"You will not believe what happened!" Clena said enthusiastically. Suddenly the crowed started cheering for Bilbo, to give a birthday speech. Almost as soon as he reached the platform, we saw Gandalf looking at him suspiciously. We didn't quite catch what Bilbo has said, over the talking crowd, but we saw him reach into his pocket and get something. Suddenly he announced that it was the end, said goodbye, and disappeared.
We turned to look at Gandalf's reaction, and noticed that he was missing. We heard the gate creak, I turned, and nudged Clena. She turned just in time to see the gate shut. We snuck off after the trail leading up to bag end. Since we were at the back, no one seemed to notice us. Something was going on, but what could it be?
We reached bag end just as the crowd from the party, had started discussing what happened. We stepped away from bag end, not wanting to be seen.
"Ok, what is going on?" Clena questioned?
"Im not going to stay around long enough to be caught eavesdropping. We will find out soon enough." I answered. We turned and slowly crept to a hill near bag end that could see the party, and sat down. We both sat for a while trying to figure out what was going on. Just then we heard the door from bag end open. We dropped on our stomachs, trying not to be seen. Bilbo seemed to be talking to someone, he was looking up so it must have been Gandalf. Then he stopped turned and slowly dropped something. Then stopped.
"I think I've thought up an ending for my book," He turned towards the tall wizard, " and he lived happily ever after, till the end of his days." Suddenly there was a noise from behind us, at the party, we turned around to see some of the proudfoot family fall on top of a table. We turned back to Bilbo, we hadn't caught what Gandalf had said. The last we saw, was Gandalf shut the door, and Biblo walk off.
"Now where could he be going?" Clena turned to me with a questioned look on her face.
"I don't know." I responded, to confused to think. Just then Frodo came running up. Looking for Bilbo. He opened the door, and bent down and picked up what Bilbo had dropped. He turned toward the side room, and started talking, to Gandalf I would guess.
"Bilbo's ring." He said as he continued toward Gandalf, and disappeared out of our site. We said nothing. Just turned and looked at one another. We waited, They had a quiet conversation, we couldn't understand, and Gandalf started, off as Frodo returned to the party.
We followed soon there after, never telling Frodo that we had seen it all happen. Clena danced with him, and I even got to dance with merry once, or twice then most people dispersed back to their homes, except for the ones still finishing a drink. We secretly followed Frodo home (Clena insisted) and rested on the hill as Clena kept talking about how great a dancer he was, and I kept insisting I knew, since I danced with him too. But there was no bringing her out of the clouds.
Then we heard a rustling, and turned to see Sam in the garden, under the window. We laughed. He was getting in to more trouble than he could handle,
"Im sure whatever is happening we can find out from Frodo later." I told my friend, she nodded and we both turned back towards the party atmosphere, and sat watching the last of the drunken hobbits.
Time passed, and we were frightened by a loud noise. We turned in time to see Samwise being thrown on a table. Eyes wide open we watched Gandalf scare him. Just then Sam told Gandalf what he had heard, and we couldn't believe our ears. It couldn't be! Dark lord? Ring? End of the world? We put them all together, and gasped.
I turned toward the party atmosphere, and laughed. Almost all of the older hobbits were laughing idiotically, as they stumbled on their own feet.
"There you are." I heard Clena say as I turned toward her.
"Yes, I heard you calling, did you want me?" I asked, knowing already that Frodo had done something to put that huge smile on her face.
"You will not believe what happened!" Clena said enthusiastically. Suddenly the crowed started cheering for Bilbo, to give a birthday speech. Almost as soon as he reached the platform, we saw Gandalf looking at him suspiciously. We didn't quite catch what Bilbo has said, over the talking crowd, but we saw him reach into his pocket and get something. Suddenly he announced that it was the end, said goodbye, and disappeared.
We turned to look at Gandalf's reaction, and noticed that he was missing. We heard the gate creak, I turned, and nudged Clena. She turned just in time to see the gate shut. We snuck off after the trail leading up to bag end. Since we were at the back, no one seemed to notice us. Something was going on, but what could it be?
We reached bag end just as the crowd from the party, had started discussing what happened. We stepped away from bag end, not wanting to be seen.
"Ok, what is going on?" Clena questioned?
"Im not going to stay around long enough to be caught eavesdropping. We will find out soon enough." I answered. We turned and slowly crept to a hill near bag end that could see the party, and sat down. We both sat for a while trying to figure out what was going on. Just then we heard the door from bag end open. We dropped on our stomachs, trying not to be seen. Bilbo seemed to be talking to someone, he was looking up so it must have been Gandalf. Then he stopped turned and slowly dropped something. Then stopped.
"I think I've thought up an ending for my book," He turned towards the tall wizard, " and he lived happily ever after, till the end of his days." Suddenly there was a noise from behind us, at the party, we turned around to see some of the proudfoot family fall on top of a table. We turned back to Bilbo, we hadn't caught what Gandalf had said. The last we saw, was Gandalf shut the door, and Biblo walk off.
"Now where could he be going?" Clena turned to me with a questioned look on her face.
"I don't know." I responded, to confused to think. Just then Frodo came running up. Looking for Bilbo. He opened the door, and bent down and picked up what Bilbo had dropped. He turned toward the side room, and started talking, to Gandalf I would guess.
"Bilbo's ring." He said as he continued toward Gandalf, and disappeared out of our site. We said nothing. Just turned and looked at one another. We waited, They had a quiet conversation, we couldn't understand, and Gandalf started, off as Frodo returned to the party.
We followed soon there after, never telling Frodo that we had seen it all happen. Clena danced with him, and I even got to dance with merry once, or twice then most people dispersed back to their homes, except for the ones still finishing a drink. We secretly followed Frodo home (Clena insisted) and rested on the hill as Clena kept talking about how great a dancer he was, and I kept insisting I knew, since I danced with him too. But there was no bringing her out of the clouds.
Then we heard a rustling, and turned to see Sam in the garden, under the window. We laughed. He was getting in to more trouble than he could handle,
"Im sure whatever is happening we can find out from Frodo later." I told my friend, she nodded and we both turned back towards the party atmosphere, and sat watching the last of the drunken hobbits.
Time passed, and we were frightened by a loud noise. We turned in time to see Samwise being thrown on a table. Eyes wide open we watched Gandalf scare him. Just then Sam told Gandalf what he had heard, and we couldn't believe our ears. It couldn't be! Dark lord? Ring? End of the world? We put them all together, and gasped.
