[Comprehensive British and American] Adventures of the Master

Hobbiton, Bag End.

Frodo is lying comfortably on the deck chair in the yard basking in the sun, and in the garden beside him, Sam is repairing the garden with his big shears.

On a pleasant summer afternoon, Frodo thought leisurely and happily.

A choking smell of smoke replaced the scent of flowers in the garden.

Frodo coughed violently, opened his eyes, and stood up from the couch.Walking to the fence, he frowned and looked at which family was burning things.

Just as he was looking around, he heard Sam's exclamation behind him.

"Master Frot! Look, the house is on fire!"

Frodo turned sharply, and saw thick smoke wafting from a window facing the garden, and it was the bedroom window!

Frodo ran into the house with strides, and Sam hurriedly threw away the scissors in his hand and ran into the house after Frodo.

Frodo ran anxiously through the hall and sitting-room to the bedroom.The house was full of acrid and choking smoke.The study can be described as thick smoke billowing.

"Water! Sam! Water! Bring water!" Frodo could not see where the fire started.I could only rush out of the study and shout to Sam.

The two rushed to the kitchen, scooped up the water in the water tank with a wooden basin, and hurried back to the bedroom, splashing it on the place where there was a fire.The nearby hobbits saw that Frodo was on fire, they all shouted at each other in shock, and then they all ran to Frodo with buckets of water to help put out the fire.

Fortunately, the fire was not too big when it was discovered in time. With the help of everyone, the fire was quickly extinguished.

After Frodo sent away every hobbit who came to help put out the fire and thanked them earnestly, he promised to hold a banquet to thank everyone in the future.After seeing off the last hobbit and closing the door, he sat down on the floor tiredly, leaning against the wet wall from the water spilled during the firefighting process, too tired to say a word.Sam was so tired that he simply lay down on the wet and dirty wooden floor.

After resting for a while, Frodo felt his brain resume functioning.

To see the clean and comfortable hobbit hut that Bilbo had left to himself turned into a wet, dirty, earthy place.Frodo felt terrible.

"Why don't we go eat something first, young master, I really don't have the strength to clean up the house without something." Sam asked panting while lying on the ground.

"Good idea," said Frodo, rising to his feet, and going to the kitchen. "Let us have a good meal first. Bring out the two smoked chickens, and the sausage and cheese..."

It was already dark after the feast, but Frodo and Sam carefully lit the candles and mopped all the water from the parlor and bedroom floors, the wooden floors were not resistant to blisters.

"It seems to be starting here, Frodo. It's burning hardest here, and the walls are black," said Sam, pointing to a box in a corner of the study.

Frodo came up holding the candlestick.He recognized it, this is a box that he usually used to put his dirty clothes in. When changing clothes, he would put the changed clothes here first, and take them to wash together later.

Suddenly, Frodo remembered something, and he groped around his waist, but he couldn't find the metal chain!

He went out in the morning, his trousers were dirty, he changed into a pair of trousers at noon, and the necklace with the gold ring was also on that pair of trousers, and was thrown into the laundry basket together, and he forgot to take it off!

Frodo flung himself to the great burnt trunk, half kneeling, and groped for the ring with both hands.Regardless of Sam's exclamation.

His hands were groping carefully among the wet ashes and cloth residues that still had a trace of warmth, and soon, his fingers touched something hard and cold.

Frodo grabbed the pile of black residue, then turned on half-kneeling, and carefully moved his hand to the nearby candlestick.

Sam watched as Frodo carefully skimmed away the black ashes, and saw something gleaming with gold reveal itself.

"Gold ring?" Sam was a little confused.He wondered why Frodo seemed to take such a fancy to the ordinary-looking gold ring.

Frodo took the golden ring with his other hand, and held it near the flames to examine it carefully.

"Very well, you see, Sam, a fire of that magnitude has not left a trace on it," murmured Frodo, and rising to his feet, stood in a good chest of drawers at the other end of the room. He rummaged through and found a thin chain, passed it through the ring, tied the chain tightly around his waist, and put it back in his pants pocket.

"But, sir, what set fire to this chest?" Sam was bewildered by Frodo's behavior, but he had not forgotten that he was the first to discover the fire. "I mean, now In summer, the fireplace in the bedroom has been out of use for months. During the day the house is empty and unlit. How did the fire start?"

Frodo was also puzzled by this, but he had a guess after seeing the ring just now, and he became more and more certain in his heart, "I think it's the reason for this ring!" Frodo held his hands through his trousers. Bag held the ring tightly, "Gandalf said it was a magic ring, by the way, I will tell Gandalf about it!"

"But you don't know where Gandalf is now? We can't write to him?" Sam was completely confused.

"Then we'll wait for him to come. Every time Gandalf comes here, he will go to Maiman Butter Daisy's Prancing Horse Inn. I will go there tomorrow to leave a letter for Butter Daisy. Let him see Gandalf and send the letter." Here it is. It is very late now, and we must go to bed." Frodo looked at his bedroom, and his bed was half burnt. "Looks like I'll have to order a new bed tomorrow."

"Go to my house to rest. It's just me and my dad, it's just broken. By the way, that butter chrysanthemum's memory is not very good." Sam was also very sleepy, and after he finished speaking wearily, he stretched heavily .

Gandalf usually visits Frodo once a year in recent years, since Baggins disappeared suddenly at the birthday party.The last time Frodo saw Gandalf was when the spring came, and he thought that Gandalf would not come to the Shire until the end of the year at the earliest.

But Gandalf came much sooner than expected this time.

One morning a month later, there was a heavy knock on Frodo's door.

Frodo was just getting up.Rubbing his eyes, he went to open the door, wondering who would come so early.

As soon as he opened the door, he met Gandalf who was bending over to look at him.

"Gandalf!" cried Frodo in surprise, and he ushered Gandalf through the door. "You came so fast. I'm going to boil a pot of water and make a pot of tea now!"

Gandalf bowed into the house, straightened up cautiously in the hobbit's house, looked at the top of his head to prevent himself from bumping into anything again, "something happened outside, of course, I don't think the news has reached the Shire yet, Because it might seem unremarkable to ordinary people, and hobbits don't care much about the outside world. But as a wizard, I immediately realized that this was unusual, and that it may well wish you Concerned, Frodo, so I thought I'd have to come and see you right away. Sure enough, something happened to you, didn't you? I got your letter at the Prancing Horse, which didn't say anything, but After writing, please let me find you when I see this letter."

Frodo was busy listening to Gandalf talking, first poured the brewed tea into the cup, and brought cheese and butter.Gandalf and Frodo sat down at the table together.

"Oh, thank you, I haven't had time to eat in the morning." Gandalf took a sip of tea.

Frodo also took a sip of hot tea, "Yes, at noon the day before I wrote to you, a strange fire broke out in my bedroom!"

Gandalf raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Strange?"

Frodo recalled the scene of that day with a little anxiety, "It was just after noon that day, I was resting on the deck chair outside, and Sam was trimming the flowers and plants in the garden. There was no one in the house, I didn't light a candle, and the fireplace was long gone No more. But the bedroom suddenly caught fire! And it might become very big all of a sudden! After we put out the fire, I found out that the place where the fire started was the dirty clothes basket in the corner! I didn’t even have anything in that big box Not a few dirty clothes."

Frodo finished speaking in one breath, recalling the events of that day, still lingering in fear, took a sip of the warm tea, and then continued, "Seeing that dirty laundry basket, I realized that I just passed that morning. I changed a pair of pants, but I forgot that ring in my trouser pocket and didn’t take it away!”

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