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1、SPECIALNOTE:Inthisreprintseveralminorinaccuracies,mostofthemnotedbyreaders,havebeencorrected.Forexample,therunetextnowcorrespondsexactlywiththerunesonThror'sMap.MoreimportantisthematterofChapterFive.TherethetruestoryoftheendingoftheRiddleGame,asitwasevent
2、uallyrevealed(underpressure)byBilbotoGandalf,isnowgivenaccordingtotheRedBook,inplaceoftheversionBilbofirstgavetohisfriends,andactuallysetdowninhisdiary.Thisdeparturefromtruthonthepartofamosthonesthobbitwasaportentofgreatsignificance.Itdoesnot,however,conc
3、ernthepresentstory,andthosewhointhiseditionmaketheirfirstacquaintancewithhobbit-loreneednottroupeaboutit.ItsexplanationliesinthehistoryoftheRing,asitwassetoutinthechroniclesoftheRedBookofWestmarch,andisnowtoldinTheLordoftheRings.Afinalnotemaybeadded,onapo
4、intraisedbyseveralstudentsoftheloreoftheperiod.OnThror'sMapiswrittenHereofoldwasThrainKingundertheMountain;yetThrainwasthesonofThror,thelastKingundertheMountainbeforethecomingofthedragon.TheMap,however,isnotinerror.Namesareoftenrepeatedindynasties,andtheg
5、enealogiesshowthatadistantancestorofThrorwasreferredto,ThrainI,afugitivefromMoria,whofirstdiscoveredtheLonelyMountain,Erebor,andruledthereforawhile,beforehispeoplemovedontotheremotermountainsoftheNorth.ChapterIAnUnexpectedPartyInaholeinthegroundtherelived
6、ahobbit.Notanasty,dirty,wethole,filledwiththeendsofwormsandanoozysmell,noryetadry,bare,sandyholewithnothinginittositdownonortoeat:itwasahobbit-hole,andthatmeanscomfort.Ithadaperfectlyrounddoorlikeaporthole,paintedgreen,withashinyyellowbrassknobintheexactm
7、iddle.Thedooropenedontoatube-shapedhalllikeatunnel:averycomfortabletunnelwithoutsmoke,withpanelledwalls,andfloorstiledandcarpeted,providedwithpolishedchairs,andlotsandlotsofpegsforhatsandcoats-thehobbitwasfondofvisitors.Thetunnelwoundonandon,goingfairlybu
8、tnotquitestraightintothesideofthehill-TheHill,asallthepeopleformanymilesroundcalledit-andmanylittlerounddoorsopenedoutofit,firstononesideandthenonanother.Nogoingupstairsforthehobbit:bedrooms,bathrooms,cellars,pantri
