Chapter Two

Bilbo woke up to find himself all alone, but with sure signs of dwarves having been present. There is a large mess in the dining room from a hurried breakfast, and Bilbo takes it upon himself to clean it up. He finally finished and prepared himself a breakfast. Halfway through his second breakfast, he was interrupted my none other than Gandalf. He asked Bilbo why he hadn't left yet. Apparently, they had hidden a note for him on his mantelpiece under the clock, explaining where he had to meet them. Gandalf had thought he would be cleaning there and find it, but Bilbo had been too busy cleaning up the dwarves' mess to check there. With ten minutes to go until he was expected, he ran out the door with nothing but himself. He met the dwarves at an inn where he was given a pony, hood, and cloak to borrow. A way along their path, Gandalf arrived with a few more of Bilbo's possessions. -=_=-=_=- One night, the dwarves could not make a fire - which, judging by a dwarf's skill in fire building, is quite impressive. Disaster strikes them hard. After attempting to build a fire (which failed), a pony carrying food was spooked and ran into a river, drowning to its death. They sit around Oin and Gloin, attempting to build a fire, full of sorrow and disappointment. Then, Balin sees a fire on a nearby mountain. They decided after some discussion to go see if they could sit with the fire's owner(s). Bilbo is sent to see if it is safe, and finds three trolls sitting around the fire. Long story short, the dwarves come to help Bilbo, the dwarves are captured (trolls despise dwarves), Gandalf fools the trolls, the dwarves are freed and the trolls are dead. They use a key William (one of the trolls) dropped to get into the trolls' cave/home, and steal food, gold, and some weapons. They set back off on their path. This is where the chapter ends.