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He walked briskly back to his hole, and stood for a moment listening with a smile to the din in the pavilion and to the sounds of merrymaking in other parts of the field.

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A draught of cooks, from every inn and eating-house for miles around, arrived to supplement the dwarves and other odd folk that were quartered at Bag End.

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When the old man, helped by Bilbo and some Dwarves, had finished unpacking, Bilbo gave a few pennies away; cracker was forthcoming, to the disappointment of the onlookers.

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The embattled soldiers had no choice but to fight to the death with their bitter enemies on the grassy field that day.

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There were many Bagginses, Boffins, also many Tooks and Brandybucks; there were various Grubbs (relations of Bilbo Baggins' grandmother), also various Chubbs (connexions of his Took grandfather)

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There were rockets like a flight of scintillating birds singing with sweet voices.

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There were fountains of butterflies that flew glittering into the trees; there were pillars of coloured fires that rose and turned into eagles, or sailing ships, or a phalanx of flying swans

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Together we score one hundred and forty-four.

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Bringing up young Hobbits took a lot of provender.

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He gave away presents to all and sundry - the latter were those who went out again by a back way then came in again by the gate.