The Hobbit
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“Why did you and your folk three times try to attack my people at their merrymaking?” asked the king. “We did not attack them,” answered Thorin; “we came to beg, because we were starving.” “Where are your friends now, and what are they doing?” “I don’t know, but I expect starving in the forest.” “What were you doing in the forest?” “Looking for food and drink, because we were starving.”