Smaug certainly looked fast asleep when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray... » 

Smaug certainly looked fast asleep when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug8217s left eye. He was only pretending to be asleep He was watching the tunnel entrance...Whisked away from his comfortable unambitious life in his hobbithole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a company of dwarves Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent a large and very dangerous dragon...8216An exciting epic of travel and magical adventure.8217 Observer8216A flawless masterpiece...One of the most influential books of our generation.8217 The Times Reissued with a new jacket. TK7 «