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Unobtrusive things, obviously, so Muggles dont go picking them up and playing with them. stuff theyll just think is litter. They trudged down the dark, dank lane toward the village, the silence broken only by their footsteps. The sky lightened very slowly as they made their way through the village, its inky blackness diluting to deepest blue. Harrys hands and feet were freezing. Weasley kept checking his watch. They didnt have breath to spare for talking as they began to climb Stoatshead Hill, stumbling occasionally in hidden rabbit holes, slipping on thick black tuffets of grass. Each breath Harry took was sharp in his chest and his legs were starting to seize up when, at last, his feet found level ground. Whew, panted Mr. Weasley, taking off his glasses and wiping them on his sweater. Well, weve made good time - weve got ten minutes. Hermione came over the crest of the hill last, clutching a stitch in her side. Now we just need the Portkey, said Mr. Weasley, replacing his glasses and squinting around at the ground. It wont be big. Come on. They spread out, searching. They had only been at it for a couple of minutes, however, when a shout rent the still air. Over here, Arthur. Over here, son, weve got it. Click here tall figures were silhouetted against the starry sky on the other side of the hilltop. Amos. said Mr. Weasley, smiling as he strode over to the man who had shouted. The rest of them followed. Weasley was shaking hands with a ruddy-faced wizard with a scrubby brown beard, who was holding a moldy-looking old boot in his other hand. This is Amos Diggory, everyone, said Mr. Weasley. He works for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. And I think you know his son, Cedric. Cedric Diggory was an extremely handsome boy of around seventeen. He was Captain and Seeker of the Hufflepuff House Quidditch team at Hogwarts. Hi, said Cedric, looking around at them all. Everybody said hi back except Fred and George, who merely nodded. They had never quite forgiven Cedric for beating their team, Gryffindor, in the first Quidditch match of the previous year. Long walk, Arthur. Cedrics father asked. Not too bad, said Mr. Weasley. We live just on the other side of the village there. You. Had to get up at two, didnt we, Ced. I tell you, Ill be glad when hes got his Apparition test. Still. not complaining. Quidditch World Cup, wouldnt miss it for a sackful of Galleons - and the tickets cost about that. Mind you, looks like I got off easy. Amos Diggory peered goodnaturedly around at the three Weasley boys, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny. All these yours, Arthur. Oh no, only the redheads, said Mr. Weasley, pointing out his children. This is Hermione, friend of Rons - and Harry, another friend - Merlins beard, said Amos Diggory, his eyes widening. Harry. Harry Potter. Er - yeah, said Harry. Harry was used to people looking curiously at him when they met him, used to the way their eyes moved at once to the lightning scar on his forehead, but it always made him feel uncomfortable. Ceds talked about you, of course, said Amos Diggory. Told us all about playing against you last year. I said to him, I said - Ced, thatll be something to tell your grandchildren, that will. You beat Harry Link. Harry couldnt think of any reply to this, so he remained silent. Fred and George were both scowling again. Cedric looked slightly embarrassed. Harry fell off his broom, Dad, he muttered. I told you. it was an accident. Yes, but you didnt fall off, did you. roared Amos genially, slapping his son on his back. Always modest, our Ced, always the gentleman. but the best man won, Im sure Harryd say the same, wouldnt you, eh. One falls off his broom, one stays on, you dont need to be a genius to tell which ones the better flier. Must be nearly time, said Mr. Weasley quickly, pulling out his watch again. Do you know whether were waiting for any more, Amos. No, the Lovegoods have been there for a week already and the Fawcetts couldnt get tickets, said Mr. Diggory. There arent any more of us in this area, are there. Not that I know of, said Mr. Weasley. Yes, its a minute off. Wed better get ready. He looked around at Harry and Hermione. You just need to touch the Portkey, thats all, a finger will do - With difficulty, owing to their bulky backpacks, the nine of them crowded around the old boot held out by Amos Diggory. They all stood there, in a tight circle, as a chill breeze swept over the hilltop. Nobody spoke. It suddenly occurred to Harry how odd this would look if a Muggle were to walk up here now. nine people, two of them grown men, clutching this manky old boot in the semidarkness, waiting. Three. muttered Mr. Weasley, one eye still on his watch, two. one. It happened immediately: Harry felt as though a hook just behind his navel had been suddenly Baldurs gate forgotten realms house irresistibly forward. His feet left the ground; he could feel Ron and Hermione on either side of him, their shoulders banging into his; they were all speeding forward in a howl of wind and swirling color; his forefinger was stuck to the boot as though it was pulling him magnetically onward and then - His feet slammed into the ground; Ron staggered into him and he fell over; the Portkey hit the ground near his head with a heavy thud. Harry looked up. Weasley, Mr. Diggory, and Cedric were still standing, though looking very windswept; everybody else was on the ground. Seven past five from Stoatshead Hill, said a voice. H CHAPTER SEVEN BAGMAN AND CROUCH arry disentangled himself from Ron and got to his feet. They had arrived on what appeared to be a deserted stretch of misty moor. Source front of them was a pair of tired and grumpy-looking wizards, one of whom was holding a large gold watch, the other a thick roll of parchment and a quill. Both were dressed as Muggles, though very inexpertly: The man with the watch wore a tweed suit with thigh-length galoshes; his colleague, a kilt and a poncho. Morning, Basil, said Mr. Weasley, picking up the boot and handing it to the kilted wizard, who threw it into a large box of used Portkeys beside him; Harry could see an old newspaper, an empty drinks can, and a punctured football. Hello there, Arthur, said Basil wearily. Not on duty, eh. Its all right for some. Weve been here all night. Youd better get out of the way, weve got a big party coming in from the Black Forest at five-fifteen. Hang on, Ill find your campsite. Weasley. Weasley. He consulted his parchment list. About a quarter of a miles walk over there, first field you come to. Site managers called Mr. Roberts. Diggory. second field. ask for Mr. Payne. Thanks, Basil, said Mr. Weasley, and he beckoned everyone to follow him. They set off across the deserted moor, unable to make out much through the mist. After about twenty minutes, a small stone cottage next to a gate swam into view. Beyond it, Harry could just make out the ghostly shapes of hundreds and hundreds of tents, rising up the gentle slope of a large field toward a dark wood on the horizon. They said good-bye to the Diggorys and approached the cottage door. A man was standing in the doorway, looking out at the tents. Harry knew at a glance that this was the only real Muggle for several acres. When he heard their footsteps, he turned his head to look at them. Morning. said Mr. Weasley brightly. Morning, said the Muggle. Would you be Mr. Roberts. Aye, I would, said Mr. Roberts. And whore you. Weasley - two tents, booked a couple of days ago. Aye, said Mr. Roberts, consulting a list tacked to the door. Youve got a space up by the wood there. Just the one night. Thats it, said Mr. Weasley. Youll be paying now, then. said Mr. Roberts. Ah - right - certainly - said Mr. Weasley. He retreated a short distance from the cottage and beckoned Harry toward him. Help me, Harry, he muttered, pulling a roll of Muggle money from his pocket and starting to peel the notes apart. This ones a - a - a ten. Ah yes, I see the little number on it now. So this is a five. A twenty, Harry corrected him in an undertone, uncomfortably aware of Baldurs gate forgotten realms house. Roberts trying to catch every word. Ah yes, so it is. I dont know, these little bits of paper. You foreign. said Mr. Roberts as Mr. Weasley returned with the correct notes. Foreign. repeated Mr. Weasley, puzzled. Youre not the first one whos had trouble with money, said Mr. Roberts, scrutinizing Mr. Weasley closely. I had two try and pay me with great gold coins the size of hubcaps ten minutes ago. Did you really. said Mr. Weasley nervously. Roberts rummaged around in a tin for some change. Never been this crowded, he said suddenly, looking out over the misty field again. Hundreds of pre-bookings. People usually just turn up. Is that right. said Mr. Weasley, his hand held out for his change, but Mr. Roberts didnt give it to him. Aye, he said thoughtfully. People from all over. Loads of foreigners. And not just foreigners. Weirdos, you know. Theres a bloke walking round in a kilt and a poncho. Shouldnt he. said Mr. Weasley anxiously. Its like some sort of. I dunno. like some sort of rally, said Mr. Roberts. They all seem to know each other. Like a big party. At that moment, a wizard in plus-fours appeared out of thin air next to Mr. Robertss front rust game meaning gaming. Obliviate.
How abominable. I would give them Bag End and everything else, if I could get Bilbo back and go off tramping in the country with him. I love the Shire. But I begin to wish, somehow, that I had gone too. I wonder if I shall ever see him again. So do I, said Gandalf. And I wonder many other things. Goodbye now. Take care of yourself. Look out for me, especially at unlikely times. Good-bye. Frodo saw him to the door. He gave a final wave of his hand, and walked off at a surprising pace; but Frodo thought the old wizard looked unusually bent, almost as if he was carrying a great weight. The evening was closing in, and his cloaked figure quickly vanished into the twilight. Frodo did not see him again for a long time. Chapter 2 THE SHADOW O F THE PAST The talk did not die down in nine or even ninety-nine days. The second disappearance of Seriee. Bilbo Baggins was discussed in Hobbiton, and indeed all over the Shire, for a year and a day, and was remembered much longer than that. It became a fireside-story for young hobbits; and eventually Mad Baggins, who used to vanish with a bang and a flash and reappear with bags of jewels and gold, this web page a favourite character of legend and lived on long after all the true events were forgotten. But in the meantime, the general opinion in the neighbourhood was that Bilbo, who had always been rather cracked, had at last gone quite mad, and had run off into the Blue. There he dyty undoubtedly fallen into a pool or a river and come to a tragic, but hardly an untimely, end. The blame was mostly ofder on Gandalf. If only that dratted wizard will leave young Frodo alone, perhaps hell settle down and grow some hobbit-sense, they said. And to all appearance the wizard did leave Frodo alone, and he did settle down, but the growth of hobbit-sense was not very noticeable. Indeed, he at once began to carry on Bilbos reputation ordsr oddity. He refused odder go into mourning; and the next year he gave a party in honour of Bilbos hundred-and-twelfth birthday, which he called a Hundredweight Feast. But that was short of the mark, for twenty guests were invited and there were several meals at which it snowed food and rained drink, as hobbits say. Some people were rather shocked; but Call of duty order series kept up the custom of giving Bilbos Birthday Party year after year until they got used to it. He said that he did not think Bilbo was dead. When they esries Where is he then. he shrugged his shoulders. He lived alone, as Bilbo had done; but he had a good many friends, especially among the younger hobbits ordef descendants of the Old Took) who had as children been fond of Bilbo and often in and out of Bag End. Folco Boffin and Fredegar Bolger were two of these; but his closest friends were Peregrin Took (usually called Pippin), and Merry Brandybuck (his real name was Meriadoc, but that was seldom remembered). Frodo went tramping over the Shire with them; but more often he wandered by himself, and to the amazement of sensible folk he was sometimes seen far from odder walking in the hills and woods under the starlight. Merry T HE SHADOW O F TH E PAST 43 and Pippin suspected that he visited the Elves at times, as Bilbo had done. As time went on, people began to notice that Frodo also showed signs of good preservation: outwardly he retained the appearance see more a robust and energetic hobbit just out of his tweens. Some folk have all the luck, they said; but it was not until Frodo approached the usually more sober age of fifty that they began to think it queer. Frodo himself, after the first shock, found that being his own master and the Mr. Baggins of Bag End was rather pleasant. For some years he was quite happy and did not worry much about the future. But half unknown to himself the regret that he had not gone with Bilbo was steadily growing. He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen continue reading into his dreams. He began to say to himself: Perhaps I shall cross the River myself one day. To which the other half of his mind always replied: Not yet. So it went on, until his forties were running out, and his fiftieth birthday was drawing near: fifty was a number that he felt was somehow significant (or ominous); it was at any rate at that age that adventure had suddenly befallen Bilbo. Frodo began to feel restless, and the old paths seemed seris well-trodden. He looked at maps, and wondered what lay beyond their edges: Call of duty order series made in the Shire showed mostly white spaces beyond its borders. He took to wandering further afield and more often by himself; and Merry and his other friends watched him anxiously. Often he was seen walking and talking with the strange wayfarers that began at this time to appear in the Shire. There were rumours of strange things happening in the world outside; and as Gandalf had not at that time appeared or sent any message for several years, Frodo gathered all the news he could. Elves, who seldom walked in the Shire, could now be seen fallout covenant happiness westward through the woods in the evening, passing and not returning; but they were leaving Middle-earth and were no longer concerned with its troubles. There were, however, dwarves on the road in unusual numbers. The ancient EastWest Road ran through the Shire to its end at the Grey Havens, and dwarves had always serise it on their way Call of duty order series their mines in the Blue Mountains. They were the hobbits chief source of news from distant parts if they wanted any: as a rule dwarves said little and hobbits asked no more. But now Frodo often met strange dwarves of far countries, nintendo mobile refuge in the West. They were troubled, and some spoke in whispers of the Enemy and of the Land of Mordor. 44 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS That name the hobbits only knew in legends of the dark past, like a shadow in the background seriess their memories; but it was ominous and disquieting. It seemed that the evil power in Mirkwood had been driven out by the White Council only to reappear in greater Call of duty order series in the old strongholds of Source. The Dark Tower had been rebuilt, it was said. From there the power was spreading far and wide, and away far east and south there were wars and growing fear. Sdries were multiplying again in the mountains. Trolls were abroad, no longer dull-witted, but cunning and armed with dreadful weapons. And there were murmured hints of lrder more terrible than all these, but they had no name. Little of all this, of course, reached the ears of ordinary hobbits. But even the deafest and most stay-at-home began to hear queer tales; and those whose business took them to the borders saw strange things. The conversation in The Green Dragon at Bywater, one evening in the spring of Frodos fiftieth year, showed that even in the comfortable heart of pubg game karachi Shire rumours had been heard, though most hobbits still laughed at them. Sam Gamgee was sitting in one corner near the fire, and opposite him was Ted Sandyman, the millers son; and there were various other rustic Call of duty order series listening to their talk. Queer things you do hear these days, to be sure, said Sam. Ah, said Ted, you do, if you listen. But I can hear fireside-tales and childrens stories at home, if I want to. No doubt you can, retorted Oreer, and I daresay theres more truth in some of them than you reckon. Who invented the stories anyway. Take dragons now. No thank ee, said Ted, Segies wont. I heard tell of them when I was a youngster, but theres no call to believe in them now. Theres only one Dragon in Bywater, and thats Green, he said, getting a general laugh. All right, said Sam, laughing with the rest. But what about these Tree-men, these giants, as you might call them. They do say that one bigger than just click for source tree was seen up away beyond the North Moors not long back. Whos they. My cousin Hal for one. He works for Mr. Boffin at Overhill and goes up to the Northfarthing for the hunting. He saw one. Says he did, perhaps. Your Hals always saying hes seen things; and maybe he sees things that aint there. But this one was as big as an elm tree, and walking walking seven yards to a stride, if it was an inch. Then I bet it wasnt an inch.
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