An Unexpected visit
By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world,
when there was less noise and more green, and the hobbits were still
numerous and prosperous, and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after
breakfast, smoking an enormous long wooden pipe that reached nearly
down to his wooly toes (neatly brushed) - gandalf came by.
All that the unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff.
He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which
his long white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.
"Good morning!" said Bilbo.
"What do you mean?" he said."Do you wish me a good morning,
or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not;
or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco
out of doors, into the bargain. If you have a pipe about you, sit down and
have a fill of mine! There's no hurry, we have all day before us!"
Then Bilbo sat down on a seat by his door, crossed his legs, and blew out
a beautiful grey ring of smoke that sailed up into the air without breaking
and floated away over The Hill.
"Very pretty!" said Gandalf. "But I have no time to blow smoke-rings this
morning. I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am
arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone."
By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world,
when there was less noise and more green, and the hobbits were still
numerous and prosperous, and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after
breakfast, smoking an enormous long wooden pipe that reached nearly
down to his wooly toes (neatly brushed) - gandalf came by.
All that the unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff.
He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which
his long white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.
"Good morning!" said Bilbo.
"What do you mean?" he said."Do you wish me a good morning,
or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not;
or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
"All of them at once," said Bilbo. "And a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco
out of doors, into the bargain. If you have a pipe about you, sit down and
have a fill of mine! There's no hurry, we have all day before us!"
Then Bilbo sat down on a seat by his door, crossed his legs, and blew out
a beautiful grey ring of smoke that sailed up into the air without breaking
and floated away over The Hill.
"Very pretty!" said Gandalf. "But I have no time to blow smoke-rings this
morning. I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am
arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone."
Characters and Scenes..........
| Bilbo | ...............| Gandalf | ...............| An Unexpected Visit |
| Riddles in the Dark | ...............| Smaug - The Last Stage |
| Bilbo | ...............| Gandalf | ...............| An Unexpected Visit |
| Riddles in the Dark | ...............| Smaug - The Last Stage |