Хоббит
Not at Home
"Stopplayinghide-and-seek!Givemealight,andtheneatmeifyoucancatchme!"
Faintechoesranroundtheunseenhall,buttherewasnoanswer.Bilbogotup,andfoundthathedidnotknowinwhatdirectiontoturn."NowIwonderwhatonearthSmaugisplayingat,"hesaid."Heisnotathometoday(ortonight,orwhateveritis),Idobelieve.IfOinandGloinhavenotlosttheirtimetinder-boxes,perhapswecanmakealittlelight,andhavealookroundbeforetheluckturns."
"Light!"hecried."Cananybodymakealight?"
Thedwarves,ofcourse,wereveryalarmedwhenBilbofellforwarddownthestepwithabumpintothehall,andtheysathuddledjustwherehehadleftthemattheendthetunnel.
"Sh!sh!"theyhissed,whentheyheardhisvoice:andthoughthathelpedthehobbittofindoutwheretheywere,wassometimebeforehecouldgetanythingelseoutofthem.Butintheend,whenBilboactuallybegantostampinthefloor,andscreamedoutlight!’atthetopofhisthrillvoice,Thoringaveway,andOinandGloinweresentbacktotheirbundlesatthetopofthetunnel.Afterawhileatwinklinggleamshowedthemreturning,inwithasmallpine-torchalightinhishand,andGloinwithabundleofothersunderhisarm.QuicklyBilbotrottedtothedoorandtookthetorch;buthecouldnotpersuadethedwarvestolighttheothersortocomeandjoinhimyet.AsThorincarefullyexplained,Mr.Bagginswasstillofficiallytheirexpertburglarandinvestigator.Ifhelikedtoriskalight,thatwashisaffair.Theywouldwaitinthetunnelforhisreport.
