The Fellowship of the Ring Book One, Chapter I (A Long-expected Party)

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Chapter I:  A Long-expected Party
	Hobbiton 'The Mill' on 'The Water' <- The back    The front -> <- Note 'The Green Dragon' on the left    Note the hobbit holes in the hill ->
	Gandalf, with Frodo, driving his cart across the Mill Bridge into Hobbiton
	<- Gandalf      /   Gandalf Arrives -> (Green Dragon behind / Hobbiton Bridge)
	<- Hobbiton Mill and Bridge       (from the Green Dragon)
	Hobbit Smials beside 'The Water' -> (and the Party Tree in behind)
	<- Hobbit Smials beside 'The Water' 'The Water' at sunset ->
	Hobbit Hole Door <- to the left         to the right -> and across from it
	<- Hobbit Hole             Shire Landscape -> Hobbit Hole
	<- Bag End ?   NO            Bagshot Row ->     The road goes ever on and on     Down from the door where it began.     Now far ahead the Road has gone,     And I must follow, if I can,     Pursuing it with eager feet,     Until it joins some larger way     Where many paths and errands meet.     And whither then? I cannot say. <- Bag End close-up? NO / Hobbit Hole ->
	Frodo < In tree, see below / Inside Bag End >
Life in the Shire	Frodo up in a tree (reading) <- Frodo with Pipe / Frodo in Hobbiton ->	Another section of Bag End
	Frodo loves reading outdoors in the Shire, whether up in a tree or underneath one
	<- Another charming hobbit hole
	Frodo and Sam returning to Bag End ->
	<- Hobbit Hole       Hobbit Hole ->
	<- Gandalf                    Frodo ->	This is Bag End!           Frodo is in front of it below...
	Hobbit Hole (Bag End)
	<- Bag End Interior / Bag End Exterior ->
	Gandalf driving his cart up Bagshot Row and pulling up to Bag End (with Frodo)
	<- Inside Bag End / Hobbit hole inside -> <- Bilbo in Bag End / Bag End Inside ->
	<- Gandalf the Grey / Sam and Frodo -> <- Gandalf and his cart / Sam & Frodo ->
	<- Merry and Pippin / Sam and Frodo ->
	Sam and Pippin, Frodo and Merry <- Sam                         Merry ->
	<- Lantern at the Green Dragon -> (detail from photo below on right)
	Town Square on Market Day
	<- Gandalf arriving in cart
	Hobbiton Market -> (as re-created in Cannes)
	<- Party Preparations     (same smial as 'Life in the Shire' above)
	<- An Elder Hobbit ('Gaffer' Gamgee?)
	Chore Duty (Party Day?) ->
	Preparing for the Party ->
	<- Gandalf bringing the Fireworks
Gandalf and friend in his cart	The Party Tree (Gandalf and Frodo in the foreground, sitting in front of Bag End!) <- Bilbo with the ring, before the Party -> I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen... Click HERE to go to a page with all of Bilbo's Song (with photographs)
The Party !!		<- Gandalf (at the Party Field)
	<- The Party Field, at dusk
	Bilbo entertaining the children ->
	Two hobbits at the party ->
	<- Frodo and Bilbo
	Bilbo (with his birthday cake) ->
	Bilbo giving his birthday speech <- Hobbits at the Party ->   Fireworks !!
Fireworks reflecting...	Hobbits watching the fireworks	...in 'The Water'
Smaug swoops...		...down on Bilbo
Bilbo ducks...		...terrified hobbits flee...
And then Smaug dissolves...		...in a puff of smoke
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NOTE:  Only chapters for which images are currently available appear below The Fellowship of the Ring Prologue Book 1 Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter IX Chapter X Chapter XI Chapter XII       - A Long-expected Party - The Shadow of the Past - Three is Company - A Shortcut of Mushrooms - At the Sign of The Prancing Pony - Strider - A Knife in the Dark - Flight to the Ford   Book 2 Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter VIII Chapter IX Chapter X     - Many Meetings - The Council of Elrond - The Ring Goes South - A Journey in the Dark - The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm - Lothlórien - The Mirror of Galadriel - Farewell to Lórien - The Great River - The Breaking of the Fellowship   The Two Towers Book 3 Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter X     - The White Rider - The King of the Golden Hall - Helm's Deep - The Voice of Saruman   Book 4 Chapter I Chapter IV Chapter VI Chapter VII     - The Taming of Smeagol - Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit - The Forbidden Pool - Journey to the Cross-roads   The Return of the King Book 5 Chapter I Chapter V Chapter VI     - Minas Tirith - The Ride of the Rohirrim - The Battle of the Pelennor Fields   Book 6 Chapter III Chapter V Chapter IX     - Mount Doom - The Steward and the King - The Grey Havens
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