Well in my opinion I say that unusual because one who just starts talking about violence straight up?!
The answer is A verb was is a helping verb
<span>"disguised as a buffalo,the young man crept among the herd as if he were gazing"
hope this helped!</span>
1. He approaches a clearing in the woods, Bilbo sees three huge trolls sitting around a fire, eating mutton
2. The trolls threw sacks over each dwarf that approached.
3. Gandalf saved them by throwing his voice to mislead the dwarves and keep the trolls arguing until the morning.
4. They found weapons and took them.