<P> On the night of his and Frodo's birthday, Bilbo threw himself a party and invited all of the Shire . He signed his home, Bag End, and estate over to Frodo . He then gave a farewell address to his neighbours, at the end of which he put on the Ring and vanished from sight . As Bilbo prepared finally to leave the house, he reacted with panic and suspicion when Gandalf tried to persuade him to leave the Ring with Frodo . Bilbo refused to give up the Ring, referring to it as his "precious"--just as Gollum had . Gandalf lost his temper with his old friend and talked some sense into him . Bilbo admitted he would have liked to be rid of the Ring, and he left it behind, becoming the first person to do so voluntarily . He left the Shire that night, and was never seen in Hobbiton again . </P> <P> His earlier adventure, his eccentric habits as a hobbit, and his sudden disappearance led to the enduring figure of "Mad Baggins" in hobbit folklore, who disappeared with a flash and a bang and returned with gold and jewels . </P> <P> Freed of the Ring's power over his senses, Bilbo travelled first to Rivendell, and then on to visit the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain . After he returned to Rivendell he spent much of the next 17 years living a pleasant life of retirement: eating, sleeping, writing poetry, and working on his memoirs, There and Back Again, known as The Hobbit . He became a scholar of Elven lore, leaving behind the Translations from the Elvish, which forms the basis of what is known to us as The Silmarillion . </P> <P> When Frodo and his friends Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took stopped in Rivendell on their quest to destroy the Ring, Bilbo was still alive but now visibly aged, the years having caught up with him after he surrendered the Ring . Upon seeing the Ring again, he suddenly tried to take it from Frodo; he returned to his senses when a terrified Frodo backed away, and he broke down in tears, apologizing for bringing the burden of the Ring onto Frodo . </P>

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