Reading response :)

          I am reading the book “The Hobbit” by J. R. R. Tolkien, and I really like it so far. The first chapter started out kind of slow and boring, but as the story progressed it got more exciting. I now like reading it a lot, and I am not dragging through it.

          Right now I am about halfway through chapter six, and they are fully into their adventure. Bilbo Baggins sort-of agreed (and was sort of forced) to go on the journey with all of the dwarves, and they have faced multiple challenges on their road to glory.

          So far, they have met up with some particularly nasty trolls in the woods, which were almost too much for them. Thankfully, Gandalf—who had been traveling ahead of them—returned just in time to cleverly save them.

 They have also had to face some Goblins, who are even worse than trolls. They were captured, and again rescued by Gandalf, only to be attacked by the same Goblins again. When they were attacked this time though, they got away. Well, all except for Bilbo, who got knocked out and then left behind in their hasty retreat. When he woke up in the tunnels of the goblin territory, he was alone. He wandered around for a while before finding Golem, who he exchanged riddles with and won a way out, which was unwillingly given.

He eventually got back to his group, but decided not to tell them of the object he had found while in the caves. It was a small golden ring, previously belonging to Golem.