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Bilbo:
The 22nd day of September...
...in the year ...
...by Shire-reckoning.
Bag End, Bagshot Row, Hobbiton,
Westfarthing...
...the Shire...
...Middle-earth.
The Third Age of this world.
There and Back Again.
A Hobbit's Tale.
By Bilbo Baggins.
Now...
...where to begin?
Ah, yes...
"Concerning...
...Hobbits."
Hobbits have been living and farming
in the four Farthings of the Shire...
... for many hundreds of years...
...quite content to ignore
and be ignored...
... by the world of the Big Folk.
Middle-earth being, after all,
full of strange creatures beyond count...
... Hobbits must seem
of little importance...
... being neither renowned
as great warriors...
... nor counted among the very wise.

Frodo Someone at the door.

In fact, it has been remarked by some...
... that Hobbits' only real passion
is for food.
A rather unfair observation...
... as we have also developed a keen
interest in the brewing of ales...
... and the smoking of pipe-weed.
But where our hearts truly lie...
... is in peace and quiet...
... and good, tilled earth.
For all Hobbits share a love
of things that grow.
And, yes, no doubt to others,
our ways seem quaint.
But today of all days,
it is brought home to me.
It is no bad thing
to celebrate a simple life.

Frodo, the door
Sticklebacks. Where is that boy?
Frodo!


Frodo
Ты опоздал!
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Frodo
Пол-Шира пригласил!

Frodo
And the rest of them are turning up
anyway.


Bilbo
And so life in the Shire goes on...
... very much as it has
this past Age...
... full of its own comings and goings,
with change coming slowly.
If it comes at all.
For things are made to endure
in the Shire...
... passing from one generation
to the next.
There's always been a Baggins
living here under the Hill...
... in Bag End.
And there always will be.


Frodo
To tell you the truth,
Bilbo's been a bit odd lately.
I mean, more than usual.
He's taken to locking himself
in his study.
He spends hours poring over old maps
when he thinks I'm not looking.

Bilbo
Where's it gone?


Frodo
He's up to something.
- All right, then. Keep your secrets.
- What?
But I know you have something
to do with it.

Gandalf
Good gracious me.


Frodo
До твоего появления у нас,
Бэггинсов, была отличная репутация -

Gandalf
Indeed.


Frodo
хоббитов, не ввязывающихся в приключения,
и не делающих ничего неожиданного.

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Bilbo
Меня нет дома!

It's the Sackville-Bagginses.

Lobelia
- I know you're in there
- They're after the house.


Bilbo
They've never forgiven me
for living this long.

Bilbo
Как хочется сбежать от этих назойливых родственничков...
и их звонков в дверь - ну ни минуты покоя!
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Merry
Нет, давай вот эту, большую!

Bilbo
Mrs. Bracegirdle, how nice to see you.
Welcome, welcome.
Are all these children yours?
Good gracious,
you have been productive.

Lobelia
Bilbo?

Bilbo
Sackville-Bagginses
Quickly, hide
Thank you, my boy.
You're a good lad, Frodo.
I'm very selfish, you know.
Yes, I am. Very selfish.
I don't know why I took you in
after your mother and father died...
but it wasn't out of charity.
I think it was because...
...of all my numerous relations...
...you were the one Baggins
that showed real spirit.

Frodo
Bilbo, have you been
at the Gaffer's home brew?

Bilbo
No.
Well, yes, but that's not the point.
The point is, Frodo...
...you'll be all right.