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Bilbo Takes the Cup from "The Hobbit". Bilbo enters the tunnel alone, finds the dragon Smaug asleep on a vast treasure hoard, and steals a large two-handled cup.

immediately after the door opens, at night

Bilbo Takes the Cup

Bilbo enters the tunnel alone, finds the dragon Smaug asleep on a vast treasure hoard, and steals a large two-handled cup. This act awakens Smaug's wrath and sets the final conflict in motion. It is Bilbo's first act of burglary against the dragon.