The main character of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins lives a very peaceful and comfortable life in his spacious hobbit hole beneath the hill. But one day, his peace and quiet are shattered by the arrival of the wizard Gandalf, who asks him to join 13 dwarves on a quest to reclaim the treasure taken from them by the evil dragon Smaug. Bilbo agrees to join the dwarves on their quest for gold, and encounters many dangers along the way, including trolls, goblins, large spiders, and even a life-or-death game of riddles with a slimy creature named Gollum. From this game, he gains both freedom from the tunnels of the goblins and a mysterious golden ring that grants its wearer invisibility. It helps him out of many precarious
