<P> In hopes of eluding the Nazgûl , the hobbits travel through the Old Forest . There the group fall asleep by a willow - tree and wake up to realize that its roots are trying to strangle them , but luckily Tom Bombadil comes to their aid . They then go to the house of Bombadil and meet his wife Goldberry . There they discover that the Ring has no power over Bombadil -- he does not disappear while wearing it and can see Frodo even after he has vanished from his friends ' sight . In the evening , Frodo has a dream about Gandalf standing on the pinnacle of a tower and then a vision of a rain curtain in front of a ship on which he is sailing . They then leave Bombadil 's only to be captured by a barrow wight in the Barrow - downs , but they again escape with help from Tom and finally reach the gate of the village of Bree . </P>
<P> In hopes of eluding the Nazgûl , the hobbits travel through the Old Forest . There the group fall asleep by a willow - tree and wake up to realize that its roots are trying to strangle them , but luckily Tom Bombadil comes to their aid . They then go to the house of Bombadil and meet his wife Goldberry . There they discover that the Ring has no power over Bombadil -- he does not disappear while wearing it and can see Frodo even after he has vanished from his friends ' sight . In the evening , Frodo has a dream about Gandalf standing on the pinnacle of a tower and then a vision of a rain curtain in front of a ship on which he is sailing . They then leave Bombadil 's only to be captured by a barrow wight in the Barrow - downs , but they again escape with help from Tom and finally reach the gate of the village of Bree . </P>
who helps frodo and his friends escape from the barrow-wight
who helps frodo and his friends escape from the barrow-wight
Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil