Coming near a clearing in the woods, he sees three huge trolls sitting around a fire and eating mutton. ... The sun peeks over the horizon and the trolls all freeze--for sunlight turns trolls to stone. ... It is Gandalf who leads the dwarves through the passages and deeper into the mountain. ... Through pure luck, Bilbo happens to slip on the ring and Gollum runs right past him. ... Bilbo leaps over him, runs past the goblins unnoticed (than...

• Word Count: 5600
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

He frees the dwarves from the spiders and wood-elves. ... Elvenking: He is the king of the wood-elves. He has a natural distrust of dwarves and refuses to release the travelers until they tell him exactly why they are traveling through Mirkwood. ...

• Word Count: 2796
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School