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Daisy Sandybanks · 02-04-2002, 01:39 AM

I finished reading The Hobbit like a month ago, and a question popped into my head after I finished reading it.
Why did Gandalf decide to band together a group of Dwarves and one Hobbit to go off and try to defeat a dragon named Smaug and gain a load of treashure?
I mean it just kinda seemed (to me at least) that he just woke up one morning and decided to have a random advenure.
Also, another question popped into my head wich I actually think I somewhat get but not completly, why did Gandalf pick Bilbo a the one Hobbit to take with him?
I mean shurely there were other Hobbits that were just as brave as Bilbo, possibly even braver?

02-04-2002, 01:39 AM	#1
Daisy Sandybanks Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: California Posts: 101	Why go on a Quest in the first place? I finished reading The Hobbit like a month ago, and a question popped into my head after I finished reading it. Why did Gandalf decide to band together a group of Dwarves and one Hobbit to go off and try to defeat a dragon named Smaug and gain a load of treashure? I mean it just kinda seemed (to me at least) that he just woke up one morning and decided to have a random advenure. Also, another question popped into my head wich I actually think I somewhat get but not completly, why did Gandalf pick Bilbo a the one Hobbit to take with him? I mean shurely there were other Hobbits that were just as brave as Bilbo, possibly even braver? __________________ Knowlege is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.