Good-bye!
With that the hobbit turned ( ) and scuttled inside his round green door ( ; inside ), and shut it ( ) as quickly as he dared ( , ), not to be seen rude ( ). Wizards after all are wizards (, - , ).
What on earth did I ask him to tea for ( ; earth ; )! he said to himself ( ), as he went to the pantry ( ). He had only just had breakfast ( ), but he thought a cake or two and a drink of something ( , - ) would do him good ( ) after his fright ( // ). Gandalf in the meantime ( ) was still standing outside the door ( ), and laughing long but quietly ( , , ). After a while he stepped up ( ), and with the spike of his staff ( ) scratched a queer sign ( ) on the hobbits beautiful green front-door ( // ). Then he strode away ( ; to stride / /), just about the time ( ) when Bilbo was finishing his second cake ( : ) and beginning to think ( ) that he had escape adventures very well ( ).
With that the hobbit turned and scuttled inside his round green door, and shut it as quickly as he dared, not to seen rude. Wizards after all are wizards.
What on earth did I ask him to tea for! he said to himself, as he went to the pantry. He had only just had breakfast, but he thought a cake or two and a drink of something would do him good after his fright. Gandalf in the meantime was still standing outside the door, and laughing long but quietly. After a while he stepped up, and with the spike of his staff scratched a queer sign on the hobbits beautiful green front-door. Then he strode away, just about the time when Bilbo was finishing his second cake and beginning to think that he had escape adventures very well.
The next day ( ) he had almost forgotten about Gandalf ( ). He did not remember things very well ( - // ), unless he put them down ( ) on his Engagement Tablet ( ) like this ( ): Gandalf, tea, Wednesday (, , ). Yesterday he had been too flustered ( ) to do anything of the kind ( - ). Just before tea- time ( ) there came a tremendous ring on the front-door bell ( ; tremendous , , ), and then he remembered ( - )! He rushed and put on the kettle ( / / ), and put out another cup and saucer ( / / ) and an extra cake or two ( // ), and ran to the door ( ).
I am so sorry to keep you waiting (, )! he was going to say ( ), when he saw that it was not Gandalf at all ( , ).
The next day he had almost forgotten about Gandalf. He did not remember things very well, unless he put them down on his Engagement Tablet like this: Gandalf tea Wednesday. Yesterday he had been too flustered to do anything of the kind. Just before tea-time there came a tremendous ring on the front-door bell, and then he remembered! He rushed and put on the kettle, and put out another cup and saucer and an extra cake or two, and ran to the door.
