Marshall’s Reviews > The Hobbit, or There and Back Again > Status Update

They are currently inside of the forest. They have already encountered spiders, and elves.
The Dwarves got captured by the elves and the way that they got out from the elves is because of Bilbo freeing them out when he was using his ring. They also got out of the spider web because Bilbo freed them, with the help of their ring. Bilbo is now using the ring to his advantage. Which is good. He is getting smarter.