In order to make Gollum climb back on the ship and think about it, Bilbo racked his brains and came up with a new riddle.

"The ones without legs sit on one leg, the ones with two legs sit on three legs, and the ones with four legs sit on some."

This was really not a good time to ask this riddle, but Bilbo had no choice. After all, this was the only riddle that was more difficult to guess in his mind at the moment.

If he had chosen to ask this question at another time, Gulu might not be able to guess it for a while.

However, since they just talked about fish, it is not difficult to guess "legless". Once you confirm this part, the rest will be easy.

"The fish is on the coffee table, people are sitting on the stools nearby, and the cat is gnawing on the fish bones." Of course, this is the answer, and Gulu quickly guessed it. Then, he thought it was time for something scary,

It was time to guess the riddle again. So he said:

“It will devour everything, insects, fish, birds, animals, flowers, grass and trees, bite through pig iron, and corrode through gold steel;

Turn rocks into ashes, kill kings, slaughter towns, turn seas into mulberry fields, and mountains into plains.”

Poor Bilbo sat in the dark, thinking about the names of all the giants and ogres in the stories he had heard, but no matter how terrifying these guys were, none of them had the ability to reach the sky.

He had a hunch that the answer must be different from what he thought, but he just couldn't figure it out. He became nervous and scared, which was not helpful at all for calm thinking.

Gollum was about to climb out of the boat again and walked to him. He jumped into the water and pattered to the shore. Bilbo could see his eyes approaching this way.

Bilbo's tongue seemed to be stuck in his mouth and he couldn't make a sound. He wanted to shout: "Give me a little more time, give me a little more time!" However, at this moment, his slightly clumsy tongue failed.

Can only issue:

"Time! Time!" This is purely Bilbo's luck. Because "time", this happens to be the answer to the riddle!

Gulu was disappointed again - he had been disappointed enough today, and it seemed that there were much more disappointments than the accumulated disappointments in the past year!

Now, his temper began to deteriorate, and he was tired of the game. The process of guessing made him hungry. This time, instead of walking back to the ship, he sat down next to Bilbo. This made the Hobbit

The person was so frightened that his head almost turned into paste and flowed out of his ears.

"It can only ask one more question, my baby, hiss... It can only guess one more question, yes, hiss..." Gollum said.

However, with such a cold, wet guy sitting next to him, poking and touching him, Bilbo really couldn't think of any problem. He scratched himself and pinched himself, but he still couldn't think of a problem.

"Ask us! Ask us!" Gulu said sharply. This ugly little monster seemed to have an extremely bad temper.

Bilbo pinched himself and slapped himself several times; he grabbed the hilt of the sword and even reached into his pocket with his other hand to fumble around. Then, he touched the ring he had picked up in the tunnel before but had completely forgotten about.

"What's in my pocket?" he said aloud. He was just talking to himself, but Gollum thought it was a riddle and was quite dissatisfied.

"No fair! No fair!" he hissed. "It's not fair, my dear, isn't it? Who knows what's in its dirty pockets?"

Bilbo then understood what was going on, and since he really couldn't think of any better question, he could only say louder: "What's in my pocket?"

"Hiss—hiss—hiss," Gulu hissed: "It has to make us guess three times, my baby, three guesses!"

"Okay! Then you can guess!" said Bilbo.

"Hands!" said Gulu.

"Wrong," luckily Bilbo had just taken out his hand. "Guess again!"

"Hiss──hiss──his," Gollum was even more frustrated than before this time. He thought about all the things he would put in his pocket: fish bones, orc teeth, shells, bat wings, etc.

Teething stones, and other disgusting things. He tried to think of what other people might have in their pockets.

"Knife!" he finally guessed.

"Wrong again!" said Bilbo, who had just lost his knife. "Last chance!"

Gulu's condition now is even worse than when he was asked about the egg riddle before. He hissed and puffed, shook his head back and forth, stamped on the floor vigorously, and his whole body shook and twisted, but

Still don't dare to waste this last opportunity easily.

"Hurry up!" said Bilbo, "I've been waiting for you!" He tried to sound optimistic and brave, but he wasn't really sure how the game would end whether Gollum guessed right or wrong.

.

"Time's up!" he said.

"Threads, or nothing!" Gulu's approach was actually unfair, because he guessed two things at once.

"It's all wrong," cried Bilbo, feeling relieved.

He immediately jumped up, leaned against the nearest cave wall, and drew out his dagger. Of course he knew that guessing riddles was a sacred thing, and even cunning and evil creatures would not dare to cheat during the game; however,

, he didn’t believe that the guy in front of him would keep his word so easily. As long as this guy had any reason, he might find a way to break the contract.

Not only that, but he himself was also at fault. According to the hobbit's ancient rules about guessing and playing riddles, the last question was not really a riddle - if Bilbo had done this when he was a child, maybe other hobbits would

My friends will punish him by knocking him on the head!

At least, Gollum did not attack him immediately. He could see the sword in Bilbo's hand. He just sat on the ground, trembling and muttering. Finally, Bilbo finally became impatient.

"What?" He said: "Didn't you promise me? I want to leave, you must take me out."

"Baby, did we say that? Let that nasty little man out, yes, yes. But what's in his pocket? No thread, honey, not nothing. Oh, no

!Gulu!”

"Don't worry so much," said Bilbo, "you must keep your word!"

"This guy is really impatient, baby," Gulu hissed. "But he has to wait, yes, he has to wait. We can't go out in such a hurry. We have to pack our things first.

Yes, get something that can help us."

"Okay, hurry up!" Bilbo couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he thought that Gollum would leave his side temporarily. However, he then changed his mind and thought that he might just find a reason to leave and not plan to come back again. He

What can be found on the lake?

But he was wrong, Gollum did want to come back. Now he was angry and hungry, and being a vicious-hearted guy, he had now come up with a plan.

Not far away lay his little island, of which Bilbo knew nothing; and in his hiding place lay several disgusting things, and a very beautiful treasure, very beautiful, very wonderful things.

He had a ring—a gold ring, a precious ring.

"My birthday present!" he said to himself, he had been saying this to himself since he didn't know how many years ago. "We want it now, yes, we want it!"

The reason he thinks this is because the ring has magic power. If you put the ring on your finger, it will become invisible and can only be seen in bright sunlight, and it can only be seen through your blurred shadow.

, to know your whereabouts.

"My birthday gift! I got it on my birthday, baby," he kept saying to himself. However, who knows how Gollum got this ring? In that ancient era, the world

There are many such rings in the world, but no one knows about them now...perhaps not even the owner of all the rings can be determined.

At first Gollum wore it on his hand all the time, but then he became very tired from it; then he would put it in a small pouch close to his body, but it scratched him. Now, he usually hides it in his small pouch.

Under the rocks of the island, he often went back to admire this treasure. Sometimes, when he could no longer bear the loneliness of being separated from it, he would put it on; or, when he was too hungry but did not want to eat fish, he would put it on.

Will wear it.

Then, he would move silently along the tunnel, searching for the lonely orc. He would even dare to sneak into the tunnel with torches, because he knew that even if the firelight made his eyes blink and shed tears, he would

But it's still safe. Oh yes, quite safe!

No one could spot him, no one would notice, they could only wait obediently for his fingers to wrap around their necks. A few hours ago, he had worn this ring and captured an unlucky little orc who screamed.

How miserable! He still had one or two bones left to chew on, but now he wanted to eat softer meat.

"Quite safe, yes," he said to himself. "He can't see us, honey, can he? Yes. He can't see us, and his stinky sword won't be of any use, yes.

."

When he suddenly left Bilbo and jumped back to the ship, he only thought about this matter. Bilbo thought that he would not see him again. However, he still waited for a while because he did not know what to do with himself.

Find a way out.

Suddenly, he heard a roar, which sent chills down his spine. Gollum kept cursing and roaring in the darkness, and the sound didn't sound like it was too far away. He stood on the island, rummaging around in vain.

Searching.

"Where is it? Where is it?" Bilbo heard him shout. "Lost, my treasure, lost! Curse us, damn us, my treasure is gone!"

"What happened?" shouted Bilbo. "What have you lost?"

"It doesn't ask us," Gollum screamed, "It's not its business! No, Gollum! It's gone, Gollum, Gollum, Gollum."

"Well, my way out is gone," Bilbo shouted. "I want to get out of here. I won the damn charade, and you promised me. Come on! Get me out of here."

Then you can keep looking!”

Although Gollum sounded so pitiful, Bilbo found that he couldn't squeeze out much sympathy. He had a feeling that since Gollum wanted it so much, it must not be a good thing, maybe it was some evil weapon.

Maybe. "Coming soon!" he shouted.

"No, no, the time has not come yet, baby!" Gulu replied: "We have to look for it, it's gone, Gulu."

"But you never guessed my last question. You promised to take me out," said Bilbo.

"I didn't expect it!" Gulu said. Then, suddenly, a hissing sound came from the darkness: "What is in its pocket? Tell us, he must tell us first!"

In Bilbo's opinion, he had no reason not to tell the other party the answer. However, Gollum thought faster than him; this was natural, because for so many years, he had only had this thing in his mind, and he had been worried that it would be stolen.

Walk

.But at this time, Bilbo just didn't like the other party keeping finding reasons to delay. After all, he took great risks to win this guessing game. "The answer must be guessed, not asked," he said.

"But that's not a fair question," Gollum said. "Honey, this isn't a puzzle, no."

"Oh, well, if you just want to ask questions," Bilbo replied, "let me ask first: What did you lose? Tell me!"

"What's in its pocket?" The voice became louder and sharper. When he looked at the source of the voice, Bilbo alertly discovered two lights staring at him. He started to grunt.

Suspicious, as if pale flames were igniting in his eyes.

"What have you lost?" Bilbo insisted.

At this time, the light in Gulu's eyes began to turn into green flames, and it got closer and closer. Gulu jumped on the boat again and began to row frantically toward the shore. His heart was filled with anger and hatred, and there was no longer any sword.

pose a threat to him.

Bilbo really couldn't guess what made this guy so angry, but he knew that everything was over and Gollum would kill him in the end. He immediately turned around, held the wall with his left hand, and walked as fast as possible.

Run back.

"What's in its pocket?" He could hear the hissing sound still chasing after it, and the splash of Gollum jumping out of the boat. "I wonder what I have?" he said to himself as he ran out of breath.

. He put his left hand into his pocket, and the ring felt very cold to the touch, while it slipped silently onto his index finger.

The hissing sound was getting closer and closer. He turned around and could see Gollum's eyes running up the slope like small lights. He was so scared that he ran faster and faster, but he accidentally kicked him to the floor.

Through the cracks, a dog ate shit and fell to the ground, pressing the sword under his body.

At that moment, Gollum caught up with him. But before Bilbo could get up, adjust his posture to fight, or swing his sword, Gollum cursed and continued running forward, as if he was completely ignoring his existence.

What is going on? Gollum can see in the dark, and Bilbo can see the light in his eyes from behind. He got up in great pain, sheathed the sword that shimmered again, and followed carefully.

Because he had no choice, there was no point in turning around and hiding back to Gollum's lake. If he followed Gollum, he might inadvertently lead Bilbo to the exit.

"Curse it! Curse it! Curse it!" hissed Gollum. "Curse Baggins! It's gone! What's in his pocket? Oh, we can guess it, we can guess it, my dear - he

Found it, yes, he must have found it, my birthday present!"

Maybe the unlucky Bilbo still doesn't know what he is wearing on his finger at this moment, but if Gu Xiaoheng were here right now, he would definitely be surprised by Bilbo's luck or misfortune.
Chapter completed!