My people also have a claim upon the riches in that Mountain." Bard proposed that he first speak with Thorin to persuade them o all become allies - to avoid war over the Mountain""s riches recaptured from Smaug.But now there was fear in the air.Maa and her kind were under threat." Babe noticed that a sheep rustler (Nicholas Lidstone) was stealing Farmer Hoggett""s sheep, including Maa, and loading them onto a truck.Next door, paralyzed invalid sister Blanche Hudson (Joan Crawford), the former movie star who had suffered a mysterious, career-ending car accident (for which guilt-ridden Jane was blamed but never charged), was a recluse -- wheelchair-bound, semi-imprisoned and secluded in the sparsely-furnished upstairs bedroom.The Old General""s Preparations for the Nuns"" Arrival:She became excited and squawked when a trumpet heralded he arrival of an entourage, including Mr." When she was awakened from her startling dream, she found part of Freddy""s ear in her closed fist, turning to maggots and then disappearing: "I pulled that out of my dream," she later said.