Inside Information

Inside Information is the twelfth chapter of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.
==Synopsis==
The Dwarves send Bilbo into the secret passage first, though Balin comes with him a little bit of the way. Bilbo steals a cup from the treasure horde; Smaug becomes enraged when he awakens. Bilbo again goes down to the dragon's chamber, though this time he is caught by Smaug, who was pretending to be asleep. The hobbit manages to escape and rejoin the dwarves, worried that one of his riddles has led the dragon to suspect the intruder hails from Lake-town. Bilbo convinces his comrades to close the door to the secret passage, just in time to protect them from Smaug’s attack on the side of the mountain.
==Plot==
The dark passage into the mountain stands open before the Company. Thorin nominates Bilbo to go inside first. Bilbo enters, puts on the ring, and proceeds down the passage into Smaug’s lair. There, he sees the dragon asleep on piles of treasure. Bilbo is horribly afraid, but he works up the nerve to take a single golden cup from one of the piles. He rushes back up to the dwarves, who marvel over the cup.
Bilbo’s theft does not go unnoticed by Smaug, who takes careful account of the treasure. When he awakens, he is enraged to discover the cup is missing. He flies around the mountain breathing blasts of flame, and devours the ponies that belonged to the Company. Meanwhile, the Dwarves and Bilbo huddle inside the secret passage, terrified. After a while, Smaug returns to his den and falls asleep. Bilbo works up the nerve to return to the dragon’s lair, only to discover that Smaug was just pretending to be asleep.
Although he cannot see Bilbo because of the ring, Smaug smells him and greets him mockingly. Bilbo answers Smaug only in riddles, which amuses the dragon enough to quell his anger. Cleverly, Bilbo flatters Smaug into displaying his underbelly, revealing an open patch in Smaug’s "diamond waistcoat" above his left breast.
Bilbo rushes back up the passage, just outrunning the dragon’s angry flames. He tells the Dwarves all that he has learned while a thrush sits nearby and seems to listen. They hear the roar of the dragon once more and close the secret passage just before an avalanche comes down upon it, and they become trapped inside the mountain.
==Appearances & mentions==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Interne inligting
Albanian 	Informacioni i brendshëm
Amharic 	የውስጥ መረጃ
Arabic 	معلومات من الداخل
Armenian 	ինսայդ տեղեկատվություն
Azerbaijani 	Daxili məlumat
Basque 	Barne informazioa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Інсайдэрская інфармацыя
Bengali 	অভ্যন্তরীণ তথ্য
Bosnian 	Insajderske informacije
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Вътрешни сведения
Cambodian 	ព័ត៌មានផ្ទៃក្នុង
Catalan 	Informació interna
Chinese 	内幕消息
Corsican 	Infurmazioni internu
Croatian 	Unutarnje informacije
Czech 	Zasvěcené informace
Danish 	Indenfor
Dutch 	Interne informatie
Esperanto 	Internaj informoj
Estonian 	Siseteave
Filipino 	Panloob na impormasyon
Finnish 	Sisäisiä tietoja
French 	Informations internes
Galician 	Información interna
Georgian 	შიდა ინფორმაცია
German 	Erkundung in der Tiefe
Greek 	Έμπιστευτικές πληροφορίες
Gujarati 	આંતરિક માહિતી
Haitian Creole 	Enfòmasyon entèn
Hebrew 	מידע פנימי
Hindi 	अंदरूनी जानकारी
Hungarian 	Bennfentes információ
Icelandic 	Innherjaupplýsingar
Indonesian 	Informasi internal
Irish Gaelic 	Faisnéis inmheánach
Italian 	Notizie dall'interno
Japanese 	インサイダー情報
Javanese 	Informasi internal
Kannada 	ಆಂತರಿಕ ಮಾಹಿತಿ
Kazakh 	Инсайдерлік ақпарат (Cyrillic) Ïnsayderlik aqparat (Latin)
Korean 	내부자 정보
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Ички маалымат
Laotian 	ຂໍ້ມູນພາຍໃນ
Latin 	Scientia Intrinsecvs
Latvian 	Iekšējā informācija
Lithuanian 	Vidinė informacija
Luxembourgish 	Intern Informatioun
Macedonian Cyrillic	Инсајдерски информации
Malaysian 	Maklumat dalaman
Maltese 	Informazzjoni interna
Marathi 	आतील माहिती
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Дотоод мэдээлэл
Nepalese 	भित्री जानकारी
Norwegian 	Innsideinformasjon
Pashto 	داخلي معلومات
Persian 	اطلاعات خودی
Polish 	Na zwiadach w obozie wroga
Portuguese 	Informação interna
Punjabi 	ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ
Romanian 	Informații interne
Russian 	Что ждало их внутри
Scottish Gaelic 	Fiosrachadh a-staigh
Serbian 	Инсајдерске информације (Cyrillic) Insajderske informacije (Latin)
Sinhalese 	අභ්‍යන්තර තොරතුරු
Slovak 	Správy znútra
Slovenian 	Notranji podatki
Somali 	Macluumaadka gudaha
Spanish 	Información secreta
Swahili 	Habari ya ndani
Swedish 	intern information
Tajik Cyrillic 	Маълумоти дохилӣ
Tamil 	உள் தகவல்
Telugu 	అంతర్గత సమాచారం
Thai 	ข้อมูลภายใน
Turkish 	Içeriden bilgi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Про що стало відомо за дверима
Urdu 	اندرونی معلومات
Uzbek 	Ички маълумотлар (Cyrillic) Ichki ma'lumotlar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Thông tin nội bộ
Welsh 	Gwybodaeth fewnol
Yiddish 	ינערלעך אינפֿאָרמאַציע
pl:Na zwiadach w obozie wroga
ru:Что ждало их внутри
Category:The Hobbit chapters