:01:00
What mighty lord, you may ask,
is hero enough...
:01:03
...to evoke such cosmic metamorphosis?
:01:09
Why, no lord at all,
but the littlest of fellows...
:01:13
...Frodo the Hobbit...
:01:15
...and his faithful squire, Samwise.
:01:18
Who, beginning at the ending,
now approach Rivendell...
:01:22
...the Elvish home of Elrond...
:01:24
...there to help celebrate
the 129th birthday...
:01:27
...of Frodo's aged kin...
:01:30
...Bilbo Baggins,
renowned tormentor of dragons.
:01:34
Bless my soul!
You're a match for Smaug himself.
:01:47
All of us, Frodo and Samwise...
:01:50
...their Hobbit companions,
Merry and Pippin...
:01:53
...EIrond the Elf-Lord, and l, Gandalf...
:01:57
...wished Bilbo only the best.
:02:00
But as we celebrated
far into the Elvish night...
:02:03
...we found it difficult
to keep our aging guest of honor awake.
:02:07
Nay, Pippin. Not till Bilbo has cut it.
:02:10
Blast. What a time to fall asleep.
:02:14
Who's asleep?
:02:15
Just resting my eyes...
:02:18
...and remembering.
:02:21
There And Back Again...
:02:24
...and what happened after.
:02:26
Remembering, sir?
:02:28
So many things.
:02:30
Old Smaug...
:02:32
...dear Thorin...
:02:34
...that terrible Gollum chap...
:02:38
...the Ring of Invisibility.
:02:41
What's become of my ring?
:02:43
That ring I gave you and you took away.
:02:47
Yes.
:02:48
I've lost it, Bilbo dear.
:02:50
I got rid of it, you know.
:02:52
Pity. I should have liked to see it again.
:02:56
But...
:02:57
...now, how silly of me.