Mortally wounded, our hero still delivers a fatal stab to the dragon's underbelly--and gets help from his young retainer, Wiglaf.

FORBES: Leadership lessons from Beowulf

Mortally wounded, our hero still delivers a fatal stab to the dragon's underbelly--and gets a little help from his loyal young retainer, Wiglaf.

FORBES: Leadership Lessons from Beowulf

Thus, when Gandalf the wizard (Ian McKellen) turns up at the house of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), the hobbit in question, and returns the next day with thirteen dwarves, who invite Bilbo to come and steal gold or, as they believe, reclaim it from a dragon far, far away, and to receive a share of the plunder, our hero is faced with an elemental choice: stay or go?

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