But there is a golden treasure hidden inside.”

It was a very simple riddle, and he was asking it just to buy time so he could come up with a really difficult riddle.

As the unrivaled riddle king among the children in the Shire during his childhood, Bilbo thought that even a three-year-old child could answer this question. He just modified the description. However, for Gollum, this is extremely difficult.

Riddle. He kept hissing in his mouth and couldn't figure out the answer. Finally, he started mumbling to himself and making a popping sound.

After a while, Bilbo became impatient: "Well, what is the answer? From the sound of your voice, I have to tell you that the answer is not a boiling pot."

"Give us a chance, give us a chance, my darling, hiss—hiss."

"Okay," Bilbo said after giving him a long chance: "Can you guess it?"

At this moment, Gulu suddenly had an idea in his mind. He remembered how he stole things from the bird's nest a long time ago. He sat by the river and taught his grandmother how to suck-"It's an egg!" He hissed: "It's an egg!

"Then he came up with a riddle:

"Alive but not breathing, cold and dead; never thirsty, never drink water; covered with scales, but no need to carry."

For him, he also felt that this puzzle couldn't be simpler; because usually his mind was full of this thing, even when he was eating. However, at this time, he was disrupted by the egg puzzle, so

I can't think of any other better challenge.

However, for landlubber Bilbo, this question was a difficult problem that caught him off guard. Bilbo sat up straight and coughed a few times, but still couldn't think of an answer.

After a while, Gollum began to hiss happily. "Is it delicious, my dear? Is it plump and juicy? Or is it crispy and soft-hearted?" He began to look at Bilbo in the dark.

"Half a minute," said the hobbit, shuddering, "I gave you a long chance before."

"Move quickly, move quickly!" Gollum began to climb out of the boat, preparing to pounce on his meal. Unfortunately, just as he put his webbed feet into the water, a frightened fish jumped out and landed on Bilbo's toes.

"Evil!" he said: "It's so cold and wet!" This made him blurt out: "Fish! Fish!" He shouted: "It's a fish!"

Seeing that Bilbo had answered the riddle correctly, Gollum punched the floor in disappointment.

His crazy gesture made the hobbit take a few steps back in horror.

Just when Bilbo was still hesitating whether to run away quickly, he heard Gollum angrily forcing him to say:

"Quick! Where is your next fan?"
Chapter completed!