Хоббит
Queer Lodgings
Thebigmanwasfrowningatfirst,buttheydidtheirverybesttobefrightfullypolite,andkeptonnoddingandbendingandbowingandwavingtheirhoodsbeforetheirknees(inproperdwarf-fashion),tillhestoppedfrowningandburstintoachucklinglaugh;theylookedsocomical."Troop,wasright,"hesaid."Afinecomicone.Comeinmymerrymen,andwhatareyournames?Idon’twantyourservicejustnow,onlyyournames;andthensitdownandstopwagging!"
"BalinandDwalin,"theysaidnotdaringtobeoffended,andsatfloponthefloorlookingrathersurprised.
"Nowgoonagain!"saidBeorntothewizard.
"Wherewas1?Oyes-Iwasnotgrabbed.Ikilledagoblinortwowithaflash-""Good!"growledBeorn."Itissomegoodbeingawizard,then.""-andslippedinsidethecrackbeforeitclosed.Ifolloweddownintothemainhall,whichwascrowdedwithgoblins.TheGreatGoblinwastherewiththirtyorfortyarmedguards.Ithoughttomyself’eveniftheywerenotallchainedtogether,whatcanadozendoagainstsomany?’""Adozen!That’sthefirsttimeI’veheardeightcalledadozen.Orhaveyoustillgotsomemorejacksthathaven’tyetcomeoutoftheirboxes?""Well,yes,thereseemtobeacouplemoreherenow-FiliandKili,Ibelieve,"saidGandalf,asthesetwonowappearedandstoodsmilingandbowing.
"That’senough!"saidBeorn."Sitdownandbequiet!Nowgoon,Gandalf!"SoGandalfwentonwiththetale,untilhecametothefightinthedark,thediscoveryofthelowergate,andtheirhorrorwhentheyfoundthatMr.Bagginshadbeenmislaid.
"Wecountedourselvesandfoundthattherewasnohobbit.Therewereonlyfourteenofusleft!"
