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From the other room came frightful sounds.
“Are you coming with me?” asked Frodo.
“No way,” answered resolutely Merry: “I’m too scared!”
“How many are there?”
“A couple of dozens.”
“Too many for only one hobbit! I need your help!”
“I’m sorry, Frodo, I can’t.”
Suddenly an out of breath Pippin reached them: “Gandalf is here!”
“Oh, thank goodness!” exclaimed the other two.
With a much lighter heart Frodo entered the room: “The fireworks are here!” he announced.
A horde of little hobbits run outside, and Frodo never felt more grateful to the Wizard: now he could handle the children!