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  Once upon a time, in a flatland far, far away, there was a 

cat. This cat was named Bilbo. One day, Bilbo was sitting 

outside, enjoying his catnip, when suddenly, a tall, elderly 

bird named Gandalf walked up to him. After exchanging 

"good mornings", Gandalf decided to jump into what he had 

set out to do.

  "Would you like to go on an adventure, young cat? It is an 

adventure of gold, monsters and glory! What more could an 

animal want?" Gandalf inquired.

  "What? A small town cat like me going on an adventure is 

unheard of." Bilbo replied with disgust.                

 "I apologize, sir, but I must be going, I just bought a new bag 

of salmon-flavored treats that I need to attend to." the cat 

continued.

But something odd happened. This silly, old bird seemed to 

be reluctant to leave...

  Later that night, as Bilbo was just putting the finishing 

touches on his dinner, there was a knock at the door. 

Several mice had appeared at his doorstep, letting 

themselves in. Bilbo was bewildered, but he reminded 

himself that even though mice and cats didn't necessarily get 

along, he still needed to mind his manners. The mice found 

their way to Bilbo's dinner table, and ate the poor cat's 

dinner right up. 

  After a while, an oddly familiar bird appeared at the 

doorway. 

  "Gandalf!?" Bilbo thought to himself, "could he be the 

cause of the mice's arrival?"

  "Greetings," Gandalf said. "I see my mice-friends are 

early."

As Gandalf strolled to the table to join the mice, Bilbo 

hurriedly set out some milk for his guests, while questioning 

their arrival.

  That night, Bilbo's company spoke of the significance of 

their quest. They pressured Bilbo to go with them. 

Eventually, he agreed and they all went to sleep. 

  The next morning, Bilbo woke up to the sound of a bird 

chirping, (quite literally). Gandalf was hollering at Bilbo to 

hurry and pack his things, the mice had already gone on 

without him! Bilbo struggled with whether or not to go, but 

eventually, he threw his things in to a bag, and took off. 

  The company traveled for a short while with perfect, 

gorgeous weather! But eventually, it started pouring. In the 

distance, Gandalf spotted a light! They all sprinted towards 

it. As they got closer, they realized it was a campfire! Bilbo 

was asked to scout it out, so he could make sure that there 

was no danger. Bilbo agreed, but oh was he scared!

  When Bilbo approached the campfire, he didn't see 

anyone, so he decided to head back and tell the others 

that it was safe. Just as he was turning to leave, he was 

jumped by three teenage girls! They grabbed him, and 

debated how many different cute selfies they could take 

with the animal. Just as Bilbo felt like he was going to 

lose it listening to them, the mice appeared. 

  "I'm saved!" Bilbo thought.

  But one by one, as his friends walked in to the light, 

they were stuffed into a bag, and tossed in a pile near 

Bilbo.

  After a half an hour of this, the sun started to rise.

  "AGH!" shrieked the teenagers. "The sun! It burns!"

  They retreated into their houses, where they stayed on 

Twitter all day. The company was safe again! But, they 

were still trapped in their bonds. 

  After a while, Gandalf flew to their rescue and freed 

them all with his beak.

  "That was quite frightening!" Gandalf commented. 

"Perhaps we should seek council from the frogs of 

Rivendell, for they may be able to help us avoid future 

danger."

  So, taking Gandalf's suggestion, the company headed off 

towards Rivendell. When they arrived, they were greeted 

by the jeers of small frog children in the trees. They 

ignored them and continued on. After they had wandered 

around for quite some time, they stumbled into the frog's 

leader, Elrond. After Gandalf informed him of their quest, 

Elrond spoke to the travellers about a way to get into the 

mountain, and how to access its gold.

  After exchanging "goodbyes", they started off in to the 

mountains. It began to rain, so they took refuge in a cave.

  That night, as everyone had just gotten to sleep, Bilbo had  

a nightmare that everyone was kidnapped by some pesky 

raccoons. But he didn't realize that this was actually 

happening until it was too late to escape! Soon about fifty 

raccoons were on them, dragging them into a hole in the back 

of the cave. The greedy raccoons had stolen all of their 

belongings! Eventually, the group noticed that Gandalf was 

not with them. Shortly after there was a huge flash of light, 

and many raccoons fell down. Gandalf appeared, and ran with 

the mice to safety, but Bilbo had fallen into a ravine in the 

process, and hit his head on a rock.

  When he woke up, he had no idea where he was. He walked 

around for a while, until he stumbled upon a golden collar. 

Without thinking twice about it, he slipped it around his neck. 

As Bilbo reached the end of the path he was following, he 

heard loud footsteps behind him. A dog was sprinting at him 

at full speed! Bilbo quickly ducked down just as the dog 

jumped over him. 

"I wonder what his deal was." Bilbo thought to himself.

  Bilbo quickly made the decision to follow the dog   through 

the caves, since it seemed to know where it was going. After 

a while, they approached a gate that led outside. Bilbo 

slipped past some raccoon guards, and slid out the door. 

Then he ran to a patch of trees, where he found his friends. 

By now Bilbo had taken the collar off, for he found it quite 

uncomfortable. 

  Seeing Bilbo again gave the mice great joy! They all merrily 

skipped off, but they traveled with haste, just in case the 

raccoons would try to chase them. As the sun started to set, 

the group heard howling. Some evil wolves were 

approaching, and raccoons were on their backs!?

  "Quickly! Climb in to the trees!" Gandalf hollered.

  Just before the wolves had caught up, Gandalf flew the 

mice and Bilbo into the trees one by one. The wolves were 

snarling, and the raccoons were trying to climb the trees. 

  Meanwhile, some eagles were patrolling the forest, and saw 

this feud taking place. They came to the rescue, saving the 

mice and Gandalf just in time.

  As Gandalf had requested, the eagles dropped everyone off 

at Beorn's house. Beorn was a skinchanger, who, after 

listening to their tale, lent his horses to the mice. They all 

traveled to a mysterious forest called Mirkwood. Gandalf 

deperated from them here, for he had different business to 

attend to elsewhere. 

  After travelling for a while on foot, the group saw a light! 

They were tired and hungry, so they decided to walk towards 

it. But as soon as they approached the light, it disappeared. 

This happened several times before they finally gave up. The 

company had now lost their path, and began to feel hopeless. 

They continued to walk around aimlessly, until they were 

captured by giant spiders! Luckily, Bilbo had slipped the 

collar back on, so the spiders passed over him. He was 

terrified, but he knew that he needed to save his friends! The 

cat followed the sticky webs that the spiders left behind, and 

eventually discovered his friends. He gnawed at the webs 

that bound the mice until they were free, and the group ran 

away! 

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