I hope there is something left for the late-comers to eat and drink! Whats that? Tea! No thank you! A little red wine, I think, for me.
And for me, said Thorin. And raspberry jam and apple-tart, said Bifur. And mince-pies and cheese, said Bofur. And pork-pie and salad, said Bombur. And more cakes and ale and coffee, if you dont mind, called the other dwarves through the door.
Put on a few eggs ( ), theres a good fellow ( : )! Gandalf called after him ( ), as the hobbit stumped off to the pantries ( ). And just bring out the cold chicken and pickles ( )!
Seems to know (, ) as much about the inside of my larders ( ; inside , ) as I do myself ( )! thought Mr. Baggins ( ), who was feeling positively flummoxed ( ), and was beginning to wonder ( ) whether a most wretched adventure ( ; wretched , , )had not come right into his house ( ). By the time ( ) he had got all the bottles ( ) and dishes ( ) and knives ( ) and forks ( ) and glasses ( ) and plates ( ) and spoons ( ) and things ( ; thing , ) piled up on big trays ( ), he was getting very hot ( ; hot , ), and red in the face (: ), and annoyed ( ).
Confusticate and bebother these dwarves ( , ; confusticate - = to confuse, to confound, to perplex , , ; bebother = bring trouble upon -)! he said aloud ( ). Why dont they come ( ) and lend a hand ( ; to lend , ; hand , )?
Lo and behold ( , -)! there stood Balin and Dwalin at the door of the kitchen ( ), and Fili and Kili behind them ( ), and before he could say knife ( : , "") they had whisked the trays ( ) and a couple of small tables into the parlour ( ) and set out everything afresh ( / /).
Put on a few eggs, theres a good fellow! Gandalf called after him, as the hobbit stumped off to the pantries. And just bring out the cold chicken and pickles!
Seems to know as much about the inside of my larders as I do myself! thought Mr. Baggins, who was feeling positively flummoxed, and was beginning to wonder whether a most wretched adventure had not come right into his house. By the time he had got all the bottles and dishes and knives and forks and glasses and plates and spoons and things piled up on big trays, he was getting very hot, and red in the face, and annoyed.
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Confusticate and bebother these dwarves! he said aloud. Why dont they come and lend a hand? Lo and behold! there stood Balin and Dwalin at the door of the kitchen, and Fili and Kili behind them, and before he could say knife they had whisked the trays and a couple of small tables into the parlour and set out everything afresh.
Gandalf sat at the head of the party ( : ) with the thirteen dwarves all round ( ): and Bilbo sat on a stool at the fireside ( ), nibbling at a biscuit ( ) (his appetite was quite taken away ( ); to take away , ), and trying to look ( ) as if this was all perfectly ordinary ( ) and not in the least an adventure ( ). The dwarves ate and ate ( ), and talked and talked ( ), and time got on ( ). At last they pushed their chairs back (, ), and Bilbo made a move ( : ) to collect the plates and glasses ( ).
I suppose you will all stay to supper ( , )? he said in his politest unpressing tones ( , ).
Of course ()! said Thorin. And after ( / /). We shant get through the business ( ) till late (), and we must have some music first ( ). Now to clear up ( , - )! Thereupon the twelve dwarves ( ) not Thorin, he was too important ( , ), and stayed talking to Gandalf ( ) jumped to their feet ( // ) and made tall piles of all the things ( : : ). Off they went ( //), not waiting for trays ( ), balancing columns of plates ( ; column , ), each with a bottle on the top ( // ), with one hand ( ), while the hobbit ( ) ran after them ( ) almost squeaking with fright ( ): please be careful (, )! and () please, dont trouble (, )! I can manage ( ).
Gandalf sat at the head of the party with the thirteen dwarves all round: and Bilbo sat on a stool at the fireside, nibbling at a biscuit (his appetite was quite taken away), and trying to look as if this was all perfectly ordinary and not in the least an adventure. The dwarves ate and ate, and talked and talked, and time got on. At last they pushed their chairs back, and Bilbo made a move to collect the plates and glasses.
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I suppose you will all stay to supper? he said in his politest unpressing tones. Of course! said Thorin. And after. We shant get through the business till late, and we must have some music first. Now to clear up! Thereupon the twelve dwarves not Thorin, he was too important, and stayed talking to Gandalf jumped to their feet and made tall piles of all the things. Off they went, not waiting for trays, balancing columns of plates, each with a bottle on the top, with one hand, while the hobbit ran after them almost squeaking with fright: please be careful! and please, dont trouble! I can manage.
But the dwarves only started to sing ( ): Chip the glasses ( ; to chip , ) and crack the plates ( ; to crack , )!
Blunt the knives ( ) and bend the forks ( )! Thats what Bilbo Baggins hates ( ) Smash the bottles ( ) and burn the corks ( )!
Cut the cloth ( ) and tread on the fat ( , )!
Pour the milk ( ) on the pantry floor ( )! Leave the bones ( ) on the bedroom mat ( )!
Splash the wine on every door ( )! Dump the crocks ( ) in a boiling bowl ( );
Pound them up ( ) with a thumping pole (; pole , ; to thump , );
And when youve finished ( ), if any are whole ( - ),
Send them down the hall to roll ( , )!
Thats what Bilbo Baggins hates ( )! So, carefully (, )! carefully with the plates ( )!
But the dwarves only started to sing: Chip the glasses and crack the plates! Blunt the knives and bend the forks! Thats what Bilbo Baggins hates Smash the bottles and burn the corks! Cut the cloth and tread on the fat! Pour the milk on the pantry floor! Leave the bones on the bedroom mat! Splash the wine on every door! Dump the crocks in a boiling bawl; Pound them up with a thumping pole; And when youve finished, if any are whole, Send them down the hall to roll! Thats what Bilbo Baggins hates! So, carefully! carefully with the plates!
And of course ( ) they did none of these dreadful things ( ), and everything was cleaned ( ) and put away safe ( ; safe ) as quick as lightning ( : , ), while the hobbit was turning round and round ( ) in the middle of the kitchen (// ) trying to see what they were doing ( , ). Then they went back ( / /), and found Thorin ( ) with his feet on the fender (/ /, ) smoking a pipe ( ). He was blowing the most enormous smoke-rings ( ), and wherever he told one to go ( ), it went ( ) up the chimney ( ), or behind the clock on the mantelpiece ( ), or under the table ( ), or round and round the ceiling ( ); but wherever it went ( ) it was not quick enough ( ) to escape Gandalf ( // ). Pop ()! he sent a smaller smoke-ring ( ) from his short clay-pipe ( ) straight through each one of Thorins ( , ). The Gandalfs smoke-ring would go green ( : ) and come back ( ) to hover over the wizards head ( ). He had quite a cloud of them about him already ( ), and in the dim light ( ) it made him look strange and sorcerous ( ). Bilbo stood still ( , ) and watched ( ) he loved smoke-rings ( ) and then be blushed to think ( , ) how proud he had been yesterday morning ( ) of the smoke-rings ( ) he had sent up the wind over The Hill ( , ).
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Now for some music ( , )! said Thorin. Bring out the instruments ( )!
And of course they did none of these dreadful things, and everything was cleaned and put away safe as quick as lightning, while the hobbit was turning round and round in the middle of the kitchen trying to see what they were doing. Then they went back, and found Thorin with his feet on the fender smoking a pipe. He was blowing the most enormous smoke-rings, and wherever he told one to go, it went up the chimney, or behind the clock on the mantelpiece, or under the table, or round and round the ceiling; but wherever it went it was not quick enough to escape Gandalf. Pop! he sent a smaller smoke-ring from his short clay-pipe straight through each one of Thorins. The Gandalfs smoke-ring would go green and come back to hover over the wizards head. He had quite a cloud of them about him already, and in the dim light it made him look strange and sorcerous. Bilbo stood still and watched he loved smoke-rings and then he blushed to think how proud he had been yesterday morning of the smoke-rings he had sent up the wind over The Hill.
Now for some music! said Thorin. Bring out the instruments!
Kili and Fili rushed for their bags ( ) and brought back little fiddles ( // ); Dori, Nori, and Ori brought out flutes (, ) from somewhere inside their coats (- - : ); Bombur produced a drum from the hall ( ; to produce , ); Bifur and Bofur went out too ( ), and came back with clarinets ( ) that they had left among the walking-sticks ( ). Dwalin and Balin said: Excuse me, I left mine in the porch (, // )!
Just bring mine in with you ( ), said Thorin. They came back ( ) with viols as big as themselves ( , , ), and with Thorins harp ( ) wrapped in a green cloth ( ). It was a beautiful golden harp ( ), and when Thorin struck it ( //) the music began all at once ( : ), so sudden and sweet ( ) that Bilbo forgot everything else ( ), and was swept away ( : ; to sweep , ) into dark lands under strange moons ( ; dark ; ), far over The Water ( ) and very far from his hobbit-hole under The Hill ( ).
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Kili and Fili rushed for their bags and brought back little fiddles; Dori, Nori, and Ori brought out flutes from somewhere inside their coats; Bombur produced a drum from the hall; Bifur and Bofur went out too, and came back with clarinets that they had left among the walking-sticks Dwalin and Balin said: Excuse me, I left mine in the porch!
Just bring mine in with you, said Thorin. They came back with viols as big as themselves, and with Thorins harp wrapped in a green cloth. It was a beautiful golden harp, and when Thorin struck it the music began all at once, so sudden and sweet that Bilbo forgot everything else, and was swept away into dark lands under strange moons, far over The Water and very far from his hobbit-hole under The Hill.
The dark came into the room ( ) from the little window ( ) that opened in the side of The Hill ( : ); the firelight flickered ( ) it was April (: ) and still they played on ( ), while the shadow of Gandalfs beard ( , ) wagged against the wall ( ; against , ). The dark filled all theroom ( ), and the fire died down ( ; to die ; to die down ), and the shadows were lost ( ; to lose (lost) ), and still they played on ( ). And suddenly first one and then another ( , , ) began to sing ( ) as they played ( ), deep-throated singing of the dwarves ( ) in the deep places of their ancient homes (/ / : ); and this is like a fragment of their song ( ), if it can be like their song ( ) without their music ( ).
The dark came into the room from the little window that opened in the side of The Hill; the firelight flickered it was April and still they played on, while the shadow of Gandalfs beard wagged against the wall. The dark filled all the room, and the fire died down, and the shadows were lost, and still they played on. And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played, deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes; and this is like a fragment of their song, if it can be like their song without their music.
Far over the misty mountains cold (, , ) To dungeons deep and caverns old ( ) We must away ere break of day ( , ; break , , )
To seek the pale enchanted gold ( ).
The dwarves of yore (, -; yore ) made mighty spells ( ),
While hammers fell ( ) like ringing bells ( )
In places deep ( ), where dark things sleep ( : ),
In hollow halls ( : ) beneath the fells ( /).
For ancient king and elvish lord ( ) There many a gleaming golden hoard ( = )
They shaped and wrought ( ; to shape ; to work (wrought . . .) , , ), and light they caught ( )
To hide in gems on hilt of sword ( // ).
On silver necklaces they strung ( ; to string)
The flowering stars (/ ), on crowns they hung ( ; to hang)
The dragon-fire ( ), in twisted wire ( ) They meshed the light of moon and sun ( / / ).
Far over the misty mountains cold (, , ) To dungeons deep and caverns old ( ) We must away ere break of day ( , ) To claim our long-forgotten gold ( ).
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Goblets they carved there for themselves ( ) And harps of gold; where no man delves ( , ) There lay they long, and many a song ( , ) Was sung unheard by man or elves ( , , ).
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 (, , ).
The bells were ringing in the dale ( ) And men looked up with faces pale ( );
Then dragons ire more fierce than fire ( , , )
Laid low their towers and houses frail (: ).
The mountains smoked beneath the moon ( ); The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom (, ).
They fled their hall to dying fall ( = )
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon ( // , ). Far over the misty mountains grim (, , ) To dungeons deep and caverns dim ( )
We must away ere break of day ( , ), To win our harps and gold from him ( )!
