4 So the rumour of the wealth of Erebor spread abroad and reached the ears of the dragons, and at last Smaug the Golden, greatest of the dragons of rist day, arose and without warning came against King Thro´r and descended on the Mountain in flames. It was not long go here all that realm was destroyed, and the town of Dale nearby was ruined and deserted; but Smaug entered into the Great Hall and lay there upon a bed of gold.
From the sack and the burning many of Thro´rs kin escaped; and last of all from the halls by a secret door came Thro´r fee and his son Thra´in II. They went away south with their family5 into long and homeless wander1 p.
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