chapter One--An Unexpected Party
an excerpt
"Now we are all here!" said Gandalf, looking at the row of thirteen hoods- the best detachable party hoods- and his own hat hanging on the pegs."Quite a merry gathering! I hope there is something left for the late-comers to eat and drink! What's that? Tea! No thank you! A little red wine, I think for me."
"And for me." Said Thorin.
"And raspberry jam and apple-tart," said Bifur.
"And mince-pies and cheese," said Bofur.
"And pork-pie and salad," said Bombur.
"And more cakes- and ale- and coffee, if you don't mind," called the other dwarves through the door.
"Put on a few eggs, there's a good fellow!" Gandalf called after him, as the hobbit stumped off to the pantries. "And just bring out the cold chicken and pickles!"
"Seems to know as much about the inside of my larders as I do myself!" thought Mr. Baggins, who was feeling positively flummoxed, and beginning to wonder whether a most wretched adventure had not come right into his house.
--you can read the rest from the library or a bookstore. I would have done the whole chapter, but it's still under copyright. In my opinion, The Hobbit is the best Adventure story ever written, even better than The Lord Of The Rings.
