On the Doorstep

On the Doorstep is the eleventh chapter of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.
==Synopsis==
The Company arrives on the other side of the Long Lake, and the Lake-men that accompanied them head back to Lake-town. The Dwarves search the mountainside for the secret door, and Fili, Kili, and Bilbo eventually find it. At the end of Durin's Day, a Thrush knocks on a nearby rock, and, exactly as the moon letters on the map predicted, the last light of the setting sun reveals the hidden keyhole. Bilbo reminds Thorin of the key, and the door is opened.
==Plot==
As they approach the foothills of the Lonely Mountain, the land turns bleak and barren. All greenery and other living foliage have been burnt away by Smaug. When they arrive, Bilbo and three Dwarves are sent to investigate the main entrance on the south side. The entrance looks far too dangerous (it is the gate that Smaug uses), so the Company decides to search out the secret door described on their map, which is on the west side of the mountain.
After hours of searching, Bilbo finally locates a narrow passage along a cliff that leads to a flat, smooth patch on the mountain’s side. Though the patch must be the door, the Dwarves cannot find a way to open it, as they have forgotten the message that Elrond read from the map. The Dwarves bang at the door with picks and axes, but to no avail.
One evening, Bilbo is sitting outside the door when a thrush lands nearby and begins to knock a snail against a stone with its beak. Suddenly, he remembers the riddle on the map. He quickly gathers the other Dwarves by the door, and they watch as the sun slowly sets. With the sun’s last light, a single ray falls on part of the door, and a rock falls away to reveal a keyhole. Thorin takes the key that came with the map and places it in the rock. The Dwarves and the hobbit push open the door and stare into the depths of the mountain before them.
==Appearances & mentions==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Op die drumpel
Albanian 	Në pragun e derës
Amharic 	በበሩ ላይ
Arabic 	على العتبة
Belarusian Cyrillic	На парозе
Bengali 	থ্রেশহোল্ড উপর
Bosnian 	Na pragu
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	На прага
Catalan 	Al llindar
Croatian 	Na pragu
Czech 	Na prahu
Danish 	På dørtrinnet
Esperanto 	Sur la sojlo
Finnish 	Kuistillaer
French 	À la seuil
German 	Auf der Türschwelle
Georgian 	კარიბჭეზე
Greek 	Στο κατώφλι
Gujarati 	થ્રેશોલ્ડ પર
Hebrew 	על סף הדלת
Hindi 	दहलीज पर
Hungarian 	A küszöbön
Icelandic 	Á dyraþrepinu
Indonesian 	Di ambang pintu
Italian 	Sulla soglia
Japanese 	玄関の
Kannada 	ಮಿತಿ ರಂದು
Kazakh 	Есік алдында (Cyrillic) Esik aldında (Latin)
Korean 	문앞에
Latin 	In Limine
Latvian 	Uz sliekšņa
Lithuanian 	Dėl slenksčio
Macedonian Cyrillic	На прагот
Malaysian 	Di ambang pintu
Marathi 	थ्रेशहोल्ड वर
Nepalese 	ढोकामा
Norwegian 	På terskelen
Persian 	در آستانه
Polish 	Na progu
Portuguese 	No limiar
Punjabi 	ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ੇ ਤੇ
Romanian 	Pe prag
Russian 	На пороге
Serbian 	На прагу (Cyrillic) Na pragu (Latin)
Slovak 	Na prahu
Slovenian 	Na pragu
Spanish 	En el umbral
Swedish 	På tröskeln
Tamil 	வீட்டு வாசலில்
Telugu 	ఇంటి ముంగిట
Thai 	บนบันไดหน้าประตู
Turkish 	Eşikte
Urdu 	دروازے کے قدم پر
Vietnamese 	Trên ngưỡng
Welsh 	Ar garreg y drws
Yiddish 	אויף דער שוועל
pl:Na progu
ru:На пороге
Category:The Hobbit chapters