What Is The Hole In The Hobbit

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“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” This hole is where a hobbit named Bilbo lives. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is based off the book, The Hobbit, chapters one through seven. Bilbo is a hobbit who has an ordinary life. Hobbits are short, about half the height of a human, they have no beards, they are chubby, and wear bright colors. Hobbit’s feet naturally grow thick leathery soles on the bottom of their feet, so they wear no shoes. Hobbits do not like to have adventures, they find adventures nasty disturbing uncomfortable things that make you late for dinner. One day on a peaceful morning, a wizard named Gandalf comes to Bilbo’s hole, and asked Bilbo to go on an adventure. Bilbo, after some great convincing, joins Gandalf,

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