Hrothgar, your highness,I’ve heard about your plightHow your great hall, Heorot,Lies empty every night ... Sure enough, as Beowulf saidJust that very nightGrendel burst into the hallA truly ...

Storyteller: The lookout took Beowulf and his men to Heorot, where the Geats stood in front of the great hall and stared in wonder. Geat Thane: My Lord Beowulf I have never seen a building so huge ...