"Just over the hill there, lad." Balin pointed in the corresponding direction.

Meanwhile, Fili and Kili had both stood and were staring at the group of ponies in shock. They had turned away for only a few moments to peek back at the group, and when they had counted the ponies again, two were missing...They looked around the area but found no sign of the missing ponies, only trees which had been uprooted; whatever had taken them had been very large, indeed.