He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.

Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

My Precious, my Precious.

This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.

Tomorrow we may come this way, And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.