Everyone all throughout the shire were talking about the party that Bilbo had been planning. Meanwhile, Bilbo was hiding out in his hobbit-hole until the party started, and there was a strange carriage with a scary old guy in a tall pointy hat in it riding towards Bag End. As it turns out the scary old guy was Gandalf and Bilbo and Frodo were both very pleased to see him. (They, however, were the only ones pleased to see him, but everyone excused the Bagginses for liking the scary guy because they all knew that those two had snapped long ago [That and the fact that Bilbo was very rich may have had something to do with it…] )br
Bilbo: "Go figure."p
That night at the party, Gandalf lit his possessed fireworks while all of the hobbits jumped about (or, as they call it, "danced" about). Several hours into the party, Bilbo stood up on a chair and called for everyone to "Shut up, because I'm about to say something important!" It took a few minutes, but he finally got everyone to quiet down and then he began his speech. The exact words of his speech, however, are not going to be in this story because it's long and boring and you don't really need to hear it. All you need to know is that he said something about him going away, insulted his guests, and then put on The One Way Cool And Awesome All Powerful Circle, disappeared, and skiddadled (while laughing evilly).br
Bilbo: Yahahaha!br
Thus freaking out his guests.p
Once he was safe inside his hobbit-hole, he took The Circle off of his finger and became visible again.br
"I suppose you think that was very clever," said Gandalf, the incredible disappearing-reappearing man -er. . . Wizard.br
"As a matter of fact - " started Bilbo.br
"You're leaving I take it?" Gandalf interrupted, not giving Bilbo a chance to finish because, frankly, he didn't really care what the hobbit was going to say.br
Bilbo nodded.br
"And You're leaving everything to Frodo?" added Gandalf.br
"Yes," answered Bilbo, as he got out a bundle of things he had tied up in an old shirt (because, despite how rich he was, he couldn't afford a proper suitcase).br
"Including The Circle? . . ."br
"Well . . .except for that."br
"I think you've had that Circle long enough"br
Bilbo pulled The One Circle out of his pocket and stared at it. He muttered a few things under his breath, but the only thing Gandalf really caught was when he said "My precious!" like that of a possessed psychiatrist. This worried Gandalf a bit.br
"Bilbo . . . leave the Circle to Frodo," Gandalf spoke a little more forcefully this time.br
"No! It's mine! Sniff glue, lose!" yelled the scary little man.br
Gandalf didn't quite understand everything that was just said to him, but he was pretty sure these were meant to be insults. Gandalf cast scary shadow puppets on the wall as he rose from his chair and spoke in his scariest of scariest voices (with an added bolt of lightning in the background for effect). This alarmed Bilbo and he quickly came to his senses.br
"I - I mean, yes," said Bilbo. "The Circle must go to Frodo."br
And with that he dropped The One Circle on the floor and ran like heck. Once he was a little ways down the path he began singing to himself a happy little tune that went something like this:p
center
". . .I want to be where yacks can run free;br
Where the royal Mounties can arrest me!br
p
Let's go to Canada. Let's leave today!br
Canada, oh, Canada, I sil vou plait.br
p
They've got trees, and mooses, and sled dogs,br
Lots of lumber, and lumberjacks, and logs!br
We all think it's kind of a drag.br
That you have to go there to get milk in a bagbr
They say "eh" instead of "what or "duh"br
That's the mighty power of Canada . ."p
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As his joyous song echoed into the distance Gandalf walked over and looked down at The One Circle. He stooped to pick it up, but as soon as his fingers touched it, he saw a really freaky image and an eye of fire, and got this really funky sensation.br
Fiery Eye: "Boogy…boogy…BOOGY!"br
He then decided to leave the Circle there, and sat by the fireplace muttering that he was going to have nightmares for years to come.p
Gandalf was still thinking about what had just happened, muttering to himself as he thought, when Frodo ran in. He immediately noticed The One Circle lying on the floor and picked it up. He then noticed Gandalf sitting by the fireplace muttering a bunch of random phrases such as "'My precious' . . . 'Sniff glue, lose'? . . . What's a lose? . . ."br
Pushing aside all questions concerning the wizard's sanity, Frodo stepped closer.br
"He's gone, isn't he?"br
"No," Gandalf assured him; "he just isn't here."br
"Oh . . ." Frodo somehow did not feel very reassured.br
"He's left you Bag End," continued Gandalf; "and The Circle."br
He then got up, got his hat, and went over to the door. br
"Where are you going?" the hobbit inquired.br
Gandalf turned to him. "I have to, uh. . .go. . . find out some things - Yes! Find out things. I'll be back in a few years."br
"But, I don't understand."br
"You're not paid to understand, just do as I say!" Gandalf shouted as he closed the door behind him leaving a very befuddled Frodo to mutter to himself how he was certain he would be needing therapy in the very near future.
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Bilbo: "Go figure."p
That night at the party, Gandalf lit his possessed fireworks while all of the hobbits jumped about (or, as they call it, "danced" about). Several hours into the party, Bilbo stood up on a chair and called for everyone to "Shut up, because I'm about to say something important!" It took a few minutes, but he finally got everyone to quiet down and then he began his speech. The exact words of his speech, however, are not going to be in this story because it's long and boring and you don't really need to hear it. All you need to know is that he said something about him going away, insulted his guests, and then put on The One Way Cool And Awesome All Powerful Circle, disappeared, and skiddadled (while laughing evilly).br
Bilbo: Yahahaha!br
Thus freaking out his guests.p
Once he was safe inside his hobbit-hole, he took The Circle off of his finger and became visible again.br
"I suppose you think that was very clever," said Gandalf, the incredible disappearing-reappearing man -er. . . Wizard.br
"As a matter of fact - " started Bilbo.br
"You're leaving I take it?" Gandalf interrupted, not giving Bilbo a chance to finish because, frankly, he didn't really care what the hobbit was going to say.br
Bilbo nodded.br
"And You're leaving everything to Frodo?" added Gandalf.br
"Yes," answered Bilbo, as he got out a bundle of things he had tied up in an old shirt (because, despite how rich he was, he couldn't afford a proper suitcase).br
"Including The Circle? . . ."br
"Well . . .except for that."br
"I think you've had that Circle long enough"br
Bilbo pulled The One Circle out of his pocket and stared at it. He muttered a few things under his breath, but the only thing Gandalf really caught was when he said "My precious!" like that of a possessed psychiatrist. This worried Gandalf a bit.br
"Bilbo . . . leave the Circle to Frodo," Gandalf spoke a little more forcefully this time.br
"No! It's mine! Sniff glue, lose!" yelled the scary little man.br
Gandalf didn't quite understand everything that was just said to him, but he was pretty sure these were meant to be insults. Gandalf cast scary shadow puppets on the wall as he rose from his chair and spoke in his scariest of scariest voices (with an added bolt of lightning in the background for effect). This alarmed Bilbo and he quickly came to his senses.br
"I - I mean, yes," said Bilbo. "The Circle must go to Frodo."br
And with that he dropped The One Circle on the floor and ran like heck. Once he was a little ways down the path he began singing to himself a happy little tune that went something like this:p
center
". . .I want to be where yacks can run free;br
Where the royal Mounties can arrest me!br
p
Let's go to Canada. Let's leave today!br
Canada, oh, Canada, I sil vou plait.br
p
They've got trees, and mooses, and sled dogs,br
Lots of lumber, and lumberjacks, and logs!br
We all think it's kind of a drag.br
That you have to go there to get milk in a bagbr
They say "eh" instead of "what or "duh"br
That's the mighty power of Canada . ."p
/center
As his joyous song echoed into the distance Gandalf walked over and looked down at The One Circle. He stooped to pick it up, but as soon as his fingers touched it, he saw a really freaky image and an eye of fire, and got this really funky sensation.br
Fiery Eye: "Boogy…boogy…BOOGY!"br
He then decided to leave the Circle there, and sat by the fireplace muttering that he was going to have nightmares for years to come.p
Gandalf was still thinking about what had just happened, muttering to himself as he thought, when Frodo ran in. He immediately noticed The One Circle lying on the floor and picked it up. He then noticed Gandalf sitting by the fireplace muttering a bunch of random phrases such as "'My precious' . . . 'Sniff glue, lose'? . . . What's a lose? . . ."br
Pushing aside all questions concerning the wizard's sanity, Frodo stepped closer.br
"He's gone, isn't he?"br
"No," Gandalf assured him; "he just isn't here."br
"Oh . . ." Frodo somehow did not feel very reassured.br
"He's left you Bag End," continued Gandalf; "and The Circle."br
He then got up, got his hat, and went over to the door. br
"Where are you going?" the hobbit inquired.br
Gandalf turned to him. "I have to, uh. . .go. . . find out some things - Yes! Find out things. I'll be back in a few years."br
"But, I don't understand."br
"You're not paid to understand, just do as I say!" Gandalf shouted as he closed the door behind him leaving a very befuddled Frodo to mutter to himself how he was certain he would be needing therapy in the very near future.
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