It is Bilbo who spots the boat that can carry them to the other side of the stream he is described as having the best vision in the group. Even in this episode, however, Bilbo continues to emerge as a far more useful character than the dwarves originally estimated. They take him to their king, who has him thrown in the dungeon.īilbo and the dwarves appear to be in real trouble without the guidance of Gandalf, as is indicated when they use all their arrows in a futile attempt to kill the deer and when Bombur falls into the enchanted stream. In the meantime, Thorin has been captured by the Wood-elves who were feasting in the forest. He reveals the secret of the ring to the dwarves and lures the spiders into a battle, wounding and killing some and frightening others away. Bilbo throws stones to scare spiders off and uses his sword to free the dwarves. He finds the dwarves bound as he had been, hanging in spider webs guarded by giant spiders. He puts on his ring, becoming invisible, and goes looking for his friends. He passes out from the exertion and when he regains consciousness, he finds that he feels much braver. With some difficulty, he frees himself and kills the spider with his sword. He awakes to find himself bound up by the sticky threads spun by a giant spider. Thorin sends Bilbo alone into their midst but they disappear again Thorin himself goes, but the elves disappear a third time. Bilbo and the dwarves see a twinkling light ahead of them in the forest and follow it to find a party of feasting elves, who disappear when the dwarves approach. The next morning, Bombur wakes up from a dream of a feast in the woods he remembers nothing of their journey. They eat the last of their food that night. Bilbo tries to find where the forest ends by climbing a tree to survey, but they are in a valley and he cannot see above the tops of the surrounding trees. More deer appear, and the dwarves use all their arrows trying to kill one.īilbo and the dwarves travel on, hungry and discouraged, through the forest of Mirkwood, carrying the sleeping Bombur. When they pull him out, he is asleep - enchanted by the waters of the stream. Thorin fires an arrow at him, as they need the meat, and in the confusion Bombur sets the boat adrift and falls into the stream.

They have just disembarked on the other side when they are startled by a deer leaping the stream. With great difficulty, they use iron hooks from their packs to pull the boat toward them. They come to the enchanted stream Beorn warned about, and Bilbo sees a boat on the other side. Bilbo and the dwarves begin to go through the dark and dreadful forest of Mirkwood.

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