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Beorn is a skin changer in The Hobbit.
He has none
They enter in pairs because Gandalf tells them to do it. They don't want to go in all at once, so Beorn will think they were trying to kill him The dwarves must enter Beorn's house in pairs so that, as Gandalf tells their tale to Beorn, each entrance does not seem very imposing and Beorn's interest in the story is built up. Then the group will be able to stay with Beorn.
Beorn
First he and Bilbo went to beorn's house He told the other dwarfs to come in pairs every five minutes, or when he whistled He planned it this way so that Beorn would become interested in Gandalf's story, (of how they fought the great goblin). The constant interruption of more dwarfs arriving made Beorn more interested. As Gandalf hinted at there were more of them then he told Beorn at first. E.g, telling Beorn there were 8 of them but saying that all 13 of their ponies ran off. Beorn caught on to the missing dwarfs and made him interested in their quest Gandalf did this so that they, as a company, did not look as much like beggars, and hoped they would receive more help and a better reception this way It worked better than planned, as Beorn became their Ally