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Barrels Out of Bond
Oneinvisibleringwasaveryfinething,butitwasnotmuchgoodamongfourteen.Butofcourse,asyouhaveguessed,hedidrescuehisfriendsintheend,andthisishowithappened.Oneday,nosingandwanderingabout.Bilbodiscoveredaveryinterestingthing:thegreatgateswerenottheonlyentrancetothecaves.Astreamflowedunderpartofthelowestregionsofthepalace,andjoinedtheForestRiversomewayfurthertotheeast,beyondthesteepslopeoutofwhichthemainmouthopened.Wherethisundergroundwatercoursecameforthfromthehillsidetherewasawater-gate.Theretherockyroofcamedownclosetothesurfaceofthestream,andfromitaportculliscouldbedroppedrighttothebedoftherivertopreventanyonecominginoroutthatway.Buttheportculliswasoftenopen,foragooddealoftrafficwentoutandinbythewater-gate.Ifanyonehadcomeinthatway,hewouldhavefoundhimselfinadarkroughtunnelleadingdeepintotheheartofthehill;butatonepointwhereitpassedunderthecavestheroofhadbeencutawayandcoveredwithgreatoakentrapdoors.Theseopenedupwardsintotheking’scellars.Therestoodbarrels,andbarrels,andbarrels;fortheWood-elves,andespeciallytheirking,wereveryfondofwine,thoughnovinesgrewinthoseparts.Thewine,andothergoods,werebroughtfromfaraway,fromtheirkinsfolkintheSouth,orfromthevineyardsofMenindistantlands.
