Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Inside Information



The passage into the mountain opens. Thorin picks Bilbo to snoop inside. Bilbo puts in his ring and walk down a long dark tunnel into Smaug's lair. Bilbo sees Smaug the the dragon asleep on piles of treasure. Smaug is red and gold and enormous. Bilbo is extremely scared but works up the courage and steal a golden cup from 1 of the piles of gold. Bilbo runs out and brings the cup to the dwarves. Smaug wakes up and is extremely cross when he notices the cup is gone he flies around outside the mountain and breathes fire and destroys everything in his site. Bilbo and his crew hide in a passage but Bombur and Bofur have not come with them. Thorin saves Bofur and Bombur with a rope and Smaug can not find them. The dwarves and bilbo stay inside the tunnel for a day and the next day Smaug returns to his den and falls asleep. Bilbo gains enough courage to go back into the dragon's lair but Bilbo sees Smaug is faking beeing asleep and is wide awake, waiting for Bilbo. Smaug can not see Bilbo but can smell him and greets Bilbo. Bilbo answer Smaug only in riddles which keeps Smaug distracted. Bilbo tricks Smaug into showing his belly which reveals an open patch in Smaug's armor. Smaug is furious and Bilbo runs out of the cavern. Bilbo and the dwarves hide in the tunnel again but an avalanche comes down. They are trapped inside the mountain.