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           "Fourteen!That’sthefirsttimeI’veheardonefromtenleavefourteen.

           Youmeannine,orelseyouhaven’ttoldmeyetallthenamesofyourparty.""Well,ofcourseyouhaven’tseenOinandGloinyet.And,blessme!heretheyare.Ihopeyouwillforgivethemforbotheringyou.""Olet’emallcome!Hurryup!Comealong,youtwo,andsitdown!Butlookhere,Gandalf,evennowwehaveonlygotyourselfandtendwarvesandthehobbitthatwaslost.Thatonlymakeseleven(plusonemislaid)andnotfourteen,unlesswizardscountdifferentlytootherpeople.Butnowpleasegetonwiththetale."Beorndidnotshowitmorethanhecouldhelp,butreallyhehadbeguntogetveryinterested.Yousee,intheolddayshehadknowntheverypartofthemountainsthatGandalfwasdescribing.Henoddedandhegrowled,whenheheardofthehobbit’sreappearanceandoftheirscrambledownthestone-slideandofthewolf-ringmthewoods.WhenGandalfcametotheirclimbingintotreeswiththewolvesallunderneath,hegotupandstrodeaboutandmuttered:

           "IwishIhadbeenthere!Iwouldhavegiventhemmorethanfireworks!""Well,"saidGandalfverygladtoseethathistalewasmakingagoodimpression,"IdidthebestIcould.Therewewerewiththewolvesgoingmadunderneathusandtheforestbeginningtoblazeinplaces,whenthegoblinscamedownfromthehillsanddiscoveredus.Theyyelledwithdelightandsangsongsmakingfunofus.Fifteenbirdsinfivefir-trees...""Goodheavens!"growledBeorn."Don’tpretendthatgoblinscan’tcount.

           Theycan.Twelveisn’tfifteenandtheyknowit."

           "Andsodo1.TherewereBifurandBofuraswell.Ihaven’tventuredtointroducethembefore,butheretheyare."