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           SoonDwalinlaybyBalin,andFiliandKilitogether,andDoriandNoriandOriallinaheap,andOinandGloinandBifurandBofurandBomburpileduncomfortablynearthefire.

           "That’llteach’em,"saidTom;forBifurandBomburhadgivenalotoftrouble,andfoughtlikemad,asdwarveswillwhencornered.Thorincamelast-andhewasnotcaughtunawares.Hecameexpectingmischief,anddidn’tneedtoseehisfriends’legsstickingoutofsackstotellhimthatthingswerenotallwell.Hestoodoutsideintheshadowssomewayoff,andsaid:"What’sallthistrouble?Whohasbeenknockingmypeopleabout?"

           "It’strolls!"saidBilbofrombehindatree.Theyhadforgottenallabouthim."They’rehidinginthebusheswithsacks,"saidhe."O!arethey?"saidThorin,andhejumpedforwardtothefire,beforetheycouldleaponhim.Hecaughtupabigbranchallonfireatoneend;andBertgotthatendinhiseyebeforehecouldstepaside.Thatputhimoutofthebattleforabit.Bilbodidhisbest.HecaughtholdofTom’sleg-aswellashecould,itwasthickasayoungtree-trunk-buthewassentspinningupintothetopofsomebushes,whenTomkickedthesparksupinThorin’sface.Tomgotthebranchinhisteethforthat,andlostoneofthefrontones.Itmadehimhowl,Icantellyou.ButjustatthatmomentWilliamcameupbehindandpoppedasackrightoverThorin’sheadanddowntohistoes.Andsothefightended.Anicepickletheywereallinnow:allneatlytiedupinsacks,withthreeangrytrolls(andtwowithburnsandbashestoremember)sittingbythem,arguingwhethertheyshouldroastthemslowly,ormincethemfineandboilthem,orjustsitonthemonebyoneandsquashthemintojelly:andBilboupinabush,withhisclothesandhisskintorn,notdaringtomoveforfeartheyshouldhearhim.