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           "WhereisGandalf?"askedBilbo,movingofftofindsomethingtoeatasquickashecould.

           "O!outandaboutsomewhere,"theytoldhim.Buthesawnosignofthewizardallthatdayuntiltheevening.Justbeforesunsethewalkedintothehall,wherethehobbitandthedwarveswerehavingsupper,waitedonbyBeorn’swonderfulanimals,astheyhadbeenallday.OfBeorntheyhadseenandheardnothingsincethenightbefore,andtheyweregettingpuzzled."Whereisourhost,andwherehaveyoubeenalldayyourself?"theyallcried.

           "Onequestionatatime-andnonetillaftersupper!Ihaven’thadabitesincebreakfast."

           AtlastGandalfpushedawayhisplateandjug-hehadeatentwowholeloaves(withmassesofbutterandhoneyandclottedcream)anddrunkatleastaquartofmeadandhetookouthispipe."Iwillanswerthesecondquestionfirst,"hesaid,"-butblessme!thisisasplendidplaceforsmokerings!"Indeedforalongtimetheycouldgetnothingmoreoutofhim,hewassobusysendingsmoke-ringsdodgingroundthepillarsofthehall,changingthemintoallsortsofdifferentshapesandcolours,andsettingthematlastchasingoneanotheroutoftheholeintheroof.

           Theymusthavelookedveryqueerfromoutside,poppingoutintotheaironeafteranother,green,blue,red,silver-grey,yellow,white;bigones,littleones;littleonesdodgingthroughbigonesandjoiningintofigure-eights,andgoingofflikeaflockofbirdsintothedistance."Ihavebeenpickingoutbear-tracks,"hesaidatlast."Theremusthavebeenaregularbears’meetingoutsideherelastnight.IsoonsawthatBeorncouldnothavemadethemall:therewerefartoomanyofthem,andtheywereofvarioussizestoo.