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 =The Scare In the Tree =

March 12, 2010
=== Have you ever been in a sticky situation? Well that's what the dwarves and Bilbo were facing one dark night. They were stuck up in a tree with fire burning all around, and goblins singing below them. The goblins were being annoying as usual singing their wicked songs. The dwarves didn't pay them much mind at all, they were just focused on getting out of the tree before they were engulfed in flames. The fire was burning hard, and the dwarves and Bilbo thought they were toast. All of a sudden a clan of eagles swept in and saved all of them. Bilbo was almost forgotten, but he jumped at the right time and got a hold of the one of the eagles. Bilbo did not know where the eagles would be taking them, all he knew is that they would have to get there soon. His arms were getting very tired and weak. He did not know if he could hang on much longer, but they landed on the eagles eerie just on time. The dwarves and Bilbo thanked the eagles for their tremendous deed. They knew that the eagles kept their adventure going. Tolkien uses this conflict with the fire by having eagles come flying in to save them, so they could continue on their adventure. (117) ===

Good conflict! So many of you picked this scene. It certainly was a page-turner! I hear your voice and I love some of the word choice. I think 'toast' might - under different circumstances - not be a good word choice, but in this response it really works! I also loved: "clan of eagles' and 'swept in' and 'singing their wicked songs.' You do a great job explaining the conflict. I might have added when or how this conflict began. ~Mrs. Best ( Bilbo was hanging on to a dwarf!)