Hobbits like Bilbo Baggins were quite content with their quiet lives, where no one ever left the Shire and they certainly never went on grand adventures. That was until the day that Gandalf the Wizard led a group of dwarves to Bilbo's round door proclaiming Bilbo was an expert burglar--which he wasn't--and that he was the perfect hobbit to help them get their treasure back from an evil dragon.