The story begins with Bilbo Baggins a hobbit, enjoying a pipe after breakfast.
Bilbo is middle-aged, and resides in a clean warm burrow in the ground and
leads a fairly quite and normal life. One morning Gandalf, a mystical wizard
stops by to chat with Bilbo. Gandalf tells Bilbo that he is looking for someone
to go on an adventure with him. Bilbo is tempted with the idea of going on a
adventure, but declines in the end. After Bilbo's decision Gandalf decides to
leave but not before Bilbo invites him for tea the next morning. The next day
Bilbo hears his doorbell and expects Gandalf to be at the door, but is met by
dwarves. Thirteen dwarves to be exact. They all invite themselves into Bilbo's
house. One of the dwarves is Thorin son of the dwarf king. Thorin starts to tell
and outline a plan on they are going to regain the treasure that was stole by the
evil dragon Smaug. Bilbo is shocked to fine out that these plans involve him. He
realizes that Gandalf had tricked him by inscribing on his door that he was a
burglar that was looking for a job with lots of excitement. Gandalf reveals a key
and a map of their journey which ends at the Lonely Mountain. On Lonely
Mountain is where Smaug guards the treasure of Thorin's ancestor. The quest
begins when the group meets at the Green Dragon Inn. From the Inn they set
out on their venture through the Lone Lands. quickly into the adventure heavy
rains begin to fall, and Bilbo notices that Gandalf is missing. This is odd for
Bilbo at first but it will happen allot through out the rest of the story. When the
rain starts to pour, they stop to look at a light. After investigating the light they
find three trolls pour they stop to investigate a light. There Bilbo finds three
trolls talking about food. Bilbo trying to show he is cool decides to live up to
title of burglar and attempts to pick pocket one of the trolls. However that is
quickly cut short ...