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           TheEagleshadlonghadsuspicionofthegoblins’mustering;fromtheirwatchfulnessthemovementsinthemountainscouldnotbealtogetherhid.Sotheytoohadgatheredingreatnumbers,underthegreatEagleoftheMistyMountains;andatlengthsmellingbattlefromafartheyhadcomespeedingdownthegaleinthenickoftime.Theyitwaswhodislodgedthegoblinsfromthemountain-slopes,castingthemoverprecipices,ordrivingthemdownshriekingandbewilderedamongtheirfoes.ItwasnotlongbeforetheyhadfreedtheLonelyMountain,andelvesandmenoneithersideofthevalleycouldcomeatlasttothehelpofthebattlebelow.

           ButevenwiththeEaglestheywerestilloutnumbered.InthatlasthourBeornhimselfhadappeared-nooneknewhoworfromwhere.Hecamealone,andinbear’sshape;andheseemedtohavegrownalmosttogiant-sizeinhiswrath.Theroarofhisvoicewaslikedrumsandguns;andhetossedwolvesandgoblinsfromhispathlikestrawsandfeathers.Hefellupontheirrear,andbrokelikeaclapofthunderthroughthering.Thedwarvesweremakingastandstillabouttheirlordsuponalowroundedhill.ThenBeornstoopedandliftedThorin,whohadfallenpiercedwithspears,andborehimoutofthefray.Swiftlyhereturnedandhiswrathwasredoubled,sothatnothingcouldwithstandhim,andnoweaponseemedtobiteuponhim.Hescatteredthebodyguard,andpulleddownBolghimselfandcrushedhim.ThendismayfellontheGoblinsandtheyfledinalldirections.