Just a small Peregrin Took ditty that I wrote for school.
Pippin's Way
That old fool should know better than to leave a cart full of fireworks unattended at a party! It's a big red sign that says trouble for professional chaos starters such as Merry and myself. He basically set us up! And it's not like anyone else was being interested... Sam finally got the courage up to ask Rosie Cotton for a dance, but that was about it. Anyway, it was cool while it lasted. Washing dishes is a small price to pay when you get to see a dragon come flying overhead!
I'd totally do it again.
A few days later, Merry and I found ourselves in trouble yet again. I really do think it follows us, that must be it. It shadows us like a scrawny, hungry dog! I digress. Excuse me if I thought sharing some veggies with a fellow villager was appropriate these days. So what if we took without asking? We were going to pay him back... Fortunately, we ran into Frodo and Sam! So we shoved the veggies in their arms and ran like the wind! But, being the party pooper he is, Sam had to follow and scold us. We even ended up head over heels falling down the side of a hill!
I thought that part was fun, personally...
The fun was shortlived though. Some robed figure came out of nowhere and tried to kill us.
That part wasn't so fun.
When you're only about yay high and have a history of not being very adventurous (save for us tooks. We like us a good adventure from time to time), you find it hard to outrun horses. After much struggle, we finally made it to the Prancing Pony, only to find there was no Gandalf, but a ragged, shady looking man waiting for us!
Wizards...
I didn't trust this guy off the bat. He smelled a little too much like dirt and forest vegetation. But he saved us from getting skewered in our sleep, so he rose in my book a little.
A little.
He went back down when he informed me he knew nothing of Second Breakfast or Elevenses. Even threw an apple at my head!
We got to camp out in the middle of some old castle. That was fun. Until Merry made bacon and alerted the black robed guys! I swear, I had nothing to do with it that time... Merry's carelessness aided in Frodo's getting stabbed.
That... that wasn't so fun.
Sam was in hysterics the entire time. See, I like to be blunt and forward with things. It separates me from the others.
"Is he going to die?"
Strider informed me, yes, he would if we didn't get moving. See? Now we had a reason to move faster, and we knew the consequences if we didn't.
Frodo would have been dead too, hadn't a very pretty Elf lady come along on her horse. She was trying too hard in my opinion. She galloped off with Frodo, and part of me wished that it was me instead of him on that horse heading for the Elven city.
It took us waaay longer to get there, and when we did I thought I'd faint from exhaustion. We got to rest for a few days before finally meeting up with Frodo. He looked fine, better actually. It surprised me. I was truly happy that he was alright.
But then I was envious he got to go to some secret meeting... And all for a petty piece of jewelry! Naturally, Merry and I wanted in. Everyone was talking about doom and other things when I noticed a caterpillar crawling across my leg. It distracted me for the better part of the lecture, and before I knew it Merry and I were rushing to get in on some quest... mission... thing.
After all, they did need people of intelligence on it.
I felt very important, standing there with my friends and future comrades. On a mission to save the world.
Only one question.
"Where are we going?"
After I was informed, I felt I'd made a bit of a mistake... Took or not.
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Fifer-chan