Inside Information

Is the twelfth chapter of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.


 * 12 - Inside Information - The Dwarves send Bilbo into the secret passage first, though Balin comes with him a little bit of the way. Bilbo steals a cup from the treasure horde, Smaug becomes enraged when he awakes and Bilbo makes sure all of them get into the passage safely, though the dragon catches and eats their ponies. Bilbo again goes down to the dragon's chamber, though this time he is cought by Smaug. By distracting the dragon with riddles, Bilbo managed to escape, though the dragon now suspected that Lake-town was up to something. The Thrush hears Bilbo tell the dwarves of the dragons weakness, and goes to tell someone down in Lake-town. Bilbo convinces the dwarves to close the door to the secret passage, just in time to protect them from Smaug’s attack on the side of the mountain, after this attack Smaug heads off to attack Lake-town.