"Tolkien!?" I say questionly.  "That is a tale meant for another time," Gandalf tells me, "For now".....  He hesitate as a rustle is heard outside the window and he motions for us to get down. We both duck under the table and the wizard carefully heads to the window ledge, poking whatever was out there hard with his staff.  " Ow!" We hear it cry as Gandalf pulls it swiftly in and it lands on the table above us.  "Confound it all Samwise Gamgee!" He says sounding very irritated, "Have you  been eavesdropping!"

We both come out of hiding, relived that it's not something that  was after us. But poor Sam didn't look relived at all, in fact he was pretty frightened. "I haven't been dropping no eaves honest!" The hobbit tells him, with his hands held up. "What did you hear?! Speak!" Gandalf asks, continuing the interrogation.

"I.... I heard raised voices." The scared Hobbit begins, "Something about a Dark lord and an evil ring".... " But please Sir," He begs, "Please don't turn me into anything unnatural." The three of us look at each other with amusement. "No?" The wizard says in jest, "Perhaps not, I have a better use for you." "Gail, Frodo," he tells to us, "Pack with haste, you're going to Bree." "What's Bree?" I ask as I quickly pack my things.

"Bree is a town  of hobbits and men outside the borders of the Shire." He tells me ,  as the two hobbits and I walked out the door. "For your own safety you must go ahead, I will met you later on. Travel only by day, and only on the road." "We can cut across country." Frodo says. Gandalf smiles. "Hobbits really are amazing creatures, you can learn all there is to know about them in a year but still they can surprise you."

"Come along Samwise, keep up." He tells Sam  a few minutes later when he lags behind a bit when we are walking on the road. He pulls the three of us aside for a moment to talk. "The Dark Lord has spies everywhere," Gandalf warns. "Trust no one, and under no circumstances ever put them on. They are draw to it's power and will find you. Are they safe?" He asks. Me and Frodo both nod, and he sighs in relief. "I have to go see the head of my order, he is wise and will know what to do." The wizard explained as he got on the horse and started to gallop off. "Farewell." He says.

That would be the last we heard from the wizard in a long time.