~~~Hello and welcome to the Busy Bee's Book Club Podcast!~~~

Today, we continue with Chapter 10, of The Hobbit.

Headed at last back towards the dragon-mountain, the company of dwarves and Poor Mr. Baggins -who had yet to stop feeling worse for wear- were ferried by the unwitting raftsmen and elves of the Mirkwood Forest. The Forest River opens out into the Long Lake and for the first time Bilbo is properly faced with the looming mountain in the distance. Thoughts of the dragon, and how far he had come so far, do little to raise Bilbo's spirits, but perhaps the Lake Town can provide some help for the battered and bruised barrel riding dwarves. At the very least, Thorin seeks the Master of Lake Town, this town of Men, and word spreads like flame quicker than a thought. Soon, song is ringing throughout the town, and everyone is feeling as if the treasure is all but theirs... Bilbo, however, has an unsettled feeling about the last segment of their journey.

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