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           Thenoneoftheponiestookfrightatnothingandbolted.Hegotintotheriverbeforetheycouldcatchhim;andbeforetheycouldgethimoutagain,FiliandKiliwerenearlydrowned,andallthebaggagethathecarriedwaswashedawayoffhim.Ofcourseitwasmostlyfood,andtherewasmightylittleleftforsupper,andlessforbreakfast.Theretheyallsatglumandwetandmuttering,whileOinandGloinwentontryingtolightthefire,andquarrellingaboutit.Bilbowassadlyreflectingthatadventuresarenotallpony-ridesinMay-sunshine,whenBalin,whowasalwaystheirlook-outman,said:"There’salightoverthere!"Therewasahillsomewayoffwithtreesonit,prettythickinparts.Outofthedarkmassofthetreestheycouldnowseealightshining,areddishcomfortable-lookinglight,asitmightbeafireortorchestwinkling.Whentheyhadlookedatitforsomewhile,theyfelltoarguing.Somesaid"no"andsomesaid"yes."Somesaidtheycouldbutgoandsee,andanythingwasbetterthanlittlesupper,lessbreakfast,andwetclothesallthenight.Otherssaid:"Thesepartsarenonetoowellknown,andaretoonearthemountains.Travellersseldomcomethiswaynow.Theoldmapsarenouse:thingshavechangedfortheworseandtheroadisunguarded.Theyhaveseldomevenheardofthekingroundhere,andthelessinquisitiveyouareasyougoalong,thelesstroubleyouarelikelytofind."Somesaid:

           "Afteralltherearefourteenofus."Otherssaid:"WherehasGandalfgotto?"Thisremarkwasrepeatedbyeverybody.Thentherainbegantopourdownworsethanever,andOinandGloinbegantofight.Thatsettledit."Afterallwehavegotaburglarwithus,"theysaid;andsotheymadeoff,leadingtheirponies(withalldueandpropercaution)inthedirectionofthelight.Theycametothehillandweresooninthewood.