It was a quiet day in the Shire. Mid spring at the most, when the flowers
were in full bloom and the birds were nesting. Frodo was sitting outside
his hill puffing a pipe. It had only been three years after the war of
middle earth and he planned to stay in the Shire and not go to the Undying
Lands. He loved the Shire too much to leave it forever. But he was planning
on another adventure that Sam, Pippin, and Merry agreed to come along in.
Frodo heard two familiar voices arguing over Farmer Maggot's crops.
"I wonder who they could be." Frodo said quietly already knowing the answer, and turned to Pippin and Merry.
Pippin was shaking his hands and Merry looked pissed.
"I'm sorry Pip but I'm not going with you this time." Merry practically shouted in his face.
"Come on Merry! He's such an old fart! And his dogs are probably ready to keel over at any given moment." Pippin retorted.
" 'Monster' dogs." Merry corrected him.
"Old, ugly, ready to keel over dogs." Pippin retorted.
"Their bite is worse then their bark." Merry rephrased.
"They never bit me." Pippin said.
"Lucky Pippin." Merry said sarcastically. "Remember those marks on my arm that I came home with that one day?"
"Yes." Pippin said and stopped walking, looking at him.
"Those were the dogs. Not the wolfs I said they were." Merry said looking rather serious and walked over to Frodo. "G'day Frodo."
"G'day Merry." Frodo replied and smirked at the dumbfounded expression on Pippin's face.
Pippin huffed in disbelief as he stood in place. "No. They...couldn't have...been." he replied this time with a worried look plastered on his adorable face.
"Yes Pippin! IT WAS THE DOGS!" Merry screamed catching Frodo by surprise. "Sorry Frodo."
Frodo got up from his chair and opened the door. "You coming in?" he asked them.
Pippin looked at Merry and then at Frodo. "Yeah I guess so." Merry agreed and they went into the kitchen.
It was dim in the room so Frodo had to light the candles on the chandelier above their heads. As Pippin and Merry sat down at the table Frodo got a pot and began to boil water. He took out a couple cups and sat them in front of Merry and Pippin. He sat at the table resting on his elbows.
"So Frodo, where do ye plan on taking us?" Merry asked.
"I'm thinking of Gondor. We can visit Aragorn that way. Then we can go visit Legolas and Gimli."
"So it's all for visit's and no real adventure?" Pippin asked seeming somewhat disappointed.
"Don't you want to see them?" Frodo asked giving him a look.
"Well yeah, but...I thought this was going to be an adventure." Pippin replied looking from Frodo to Merry.
"There's going to be plenty of adventure Pippin." Merry responded.
Right then Sam walked into the room with his stuff slung over his shoulder. "Well...I'm ready to go. Kissed Rosie and the kids goodbye." he said and a sad expression crossed his face.
"Oh Sam. You'll see her again. Don't worry. If you've changed your mind then please say so. I don't want you to go if you don't want to." Frodo replied.
"Well I do. But I don't want to leave my family. I love them to much."
"Your going!" Pippin shouted.
Sam gave Pippin a startled look and sighed. He slowly nodded his head and looked around the kitchen. He saw that water had begun to boil and informed Frodo who got up and served the tea. They sat there talking about what they would do and what they would take.
"Well I think we should take a wagon. That way we have shelter and we won't have to walk the entire time." Sam pointed out.
"Good idea. But where would we get the horse?" Merry asked.
"Farmer maggot." Pippin replied.
"NOT FARMER MAGGOT!" Merry yelled.
"We can ask him!" Pippin shot back.
"........fine. We'll ASK him."
Meanwhile at Farmer Maggot's farm.......
"Get off me property!" Farmer maggot yelled and released the dogs.
"AAHH!!!!" The four hobbits screamed as they ran for their lives, flailing their little arms in the air.
The dogs were running at them with their tongues hanging out and panting, barking madly.
"See! This was a bad idea!" Merry shouted.
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"I wonder who they could be." Frodo said quietly already knowing the answer, and turned to Pippin and Merry.
Pippin was shaking his hands and Merry looked pissed.
"I'm sorry Pip but I'm not going with you this time." Merry practically shouted in his face.
"Come on Merry! He's such an old fart! And his dogs are probably ready to keel over at any given moment." Pippin retorted.
" 'Monster' dogs." Merry corrected him.
"Old, ugly, ready to keel over dogs." Pippin retorted.
"Their bite is worse then their bark." Merry rephrased.
"They never bit me." Pippin said.
"Lucky Pippin." Merry said sarcastically. "Remember those marks on my arm that I came home with that one day?"
"Yes." Pippin said and stopped walking, looking at him.
"Those were the dogs. Not the wolfs I said they were." Merry said looking rather serious and walked over to Frodo. "G'day Frodo."
"G'day Merry." Frodo replied and smirked at the dumbfounded expression on Pippin's face.
Pippin huffed in disbelief as he stood in place. "No. They...couldn't have...been." he replied this time with a worried look plastered on his adorable face.
"Yes Pippin! IT WAS THE DOGS!" Merry screamed catching Frodo by surprise. "Sorry Frodo."
Frodo got up from his chair and opened the door. "You coming in?" he asked them.
Pippin looked at Merry and then at Frodo. "Yeah I guess so." Merry agreed and they went into the kitchen.
It was dim in the room so Frodo had to light the candles on the chandelier above their heads. As Pippin and Merry sat down at the table Frodo got a pot and began to boil water. He took out a couple cups and sat them in front of Merry and Pippin. He sat at the table resting on his elbows.
"So Frodo, where do ye plan on taking us?" Merry asked.
"I'm thinking of Gondor. We can visit Aragorn that way. Then we can go visit Legolas and Gimli."
"So it's all for visit's and no real adventure?" Pippin asked seeming somewhat disappointed.
"Don't you want to see them?" Frodo asked giving him a look.
"Well yeah, but...I thought this was going to be an adventure." Pippin replied looking from Frodo to Merry.
"There's going to be plenty of adventure Pippin." Merry responded.
Right then Sam walked into the room with his stuff slung over his shoulder. "Well...I'm ready to go. Kissed Rosie and the kids goodbye." he said and a sad expression crossed his face.
"Oh Sam. You'll see her again. Don't worry. If you've changed your mind then please say so. I don't want you to go if you don't want to." Frodo replied.
"Well I do. But I don't want to leave my family. I love them to much."
"Your going!" Pippin shouted.
Sam gave Pippin a startled look and sighed. He slowly nodded his head and looked around the kitchen. He saw that water had begun to boil and informed Frodo who got up and served the tea. They sat there talking about what they would do and what they would take.
"Well I think we should take a wagon. That way we have shelter and we won't have to walk the entire time." Sam pointed out.
"Good idea. But where would we get the horse?" Merry asked.
"Farmer maggot." Pippin replied.
"NOT FARMER MAGGOT!" Merry yelled.
"We can ask him!" Pippin shot back.
"........fine. We'll ASK him."
Meanwhile at Farmer Maggot's farm.......
"Get off me property!" Farmer maggot yelled and released the dogs.
"AAHH!!!!" The four hobbits screamed as they ran for their lives, flailing their little arms in the air.
The dogs were running at them with their tongues hanging out and panting, barking madly.
"See! This was a bad idea!" Merry shouted.
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