For dawn shall take you all, and be stone to you
And the keyhole shall be opened
On a perfectly round door
As fair and fresh as could be dreamed
But they have begun to arrive
A company of twenty was approaching
It was a terrible shock
Although there was no thought of a fight
The battle began
And destroyed most of the warriors
Some of the dwarves had knives,
And some had sticks,
And all of them could get at stones,
And Bilbo had his elvish dagger
But I wouldn't bring along anything that was useless,
For now is time for him to earn his reward
So don't leave your path.
He darted backwards and forwards,
Slashing at spider threads,
Hacking at their legs,
And stabbing at their fat bodies if they came too near
After that there were no dwarves left alive inside
And they took all their wealth for themselves.
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