It was a warm sunny day in the land of the Shire. The sky was blue, and
birds rushed here and there building nests. Down in Hobbiton, by the pond,
a young hobbit girl was fishing. this young lady was Miss May Greenhand,
desendant of the Gamgee family and third cousin to Samwise.
May sighed, leaning her head onto the palm on her hand, waiting to catch something that just might be swimming below. She dug her feet into the water, while she waited with the fishing stick in her hand. Finally giving up, she set her pole down and stood up. Taking a deep breath in, she smelled the fresh air.
"I suppose I won't be catching anything today," May said to herself outloud. "Might as well go home and help Ma with her garden." May gathered her things together and stuck them under her arm as she walked up the hill. Hobbiton was lively, everyone walking busily around the market. May walked down the streets, nodding her head to hobbits who said hello.
She walked past the market to a small farm, and set her things on a chair. May opened the door to her house and went inside. "Boo!" A little girl screamed at May, suddenly jumping out in front of her. May shrieked and jumped. When she realized it was her younger sister Abigail, she frowned. "Don't do that. It's not nice." May continued to walk to the kitchen where her ma was working on chopping vegetables. "Hullo ma. I just got back from fishing and had no luck." May's mother turned around in her apron and smiled. "There you are May! I was beginning to wonder where you were."
May laughed. "Well ma, I was to busy doing my little diddle daddys as you can tell!" May held out the skirt of her dress and it was covered with mud. "Goodness gracious child, what have you done?" May bit her lip and looked at the ground. "Oh um..well..you see.." May started to stutter, "I well erm.." "Go outside and wash off!" Her mother pointed 'out' with her finger and May understood.
Walking outside, she went to the side of the house where the well was. May grabbed a small bucket and filled it up with water. She splashed it out on her skirt and rubbed the mud off with a cloth. "I don't know why ma always gets so upset with me," She continued washing, "I'm only having fun." Suddenly she heard some one knocking at the gate.
Lifting her head up, she saw Frodo Baggins at the gate. May rushed over and unlocked it. "Hullo Frodo! 'Top of the day, isn't it?" Frodo nodded and look down at her dress. "What happened?" He asked her as gently as he could. "Oh, I um...Well, I kind of got a little muddy and wet." May knew she was blushing red in front of him. "Won't you come in?" Frodo smiled at her hospitality and agreed.
She led him into the house and he sat down in a chair to talk to Daridoc, May's older brother. "Well Frodo, I'd love to visit with you but I must change. I'll be back in a little while!" She ran to her bedroom and slipped on a jumper and a white shirt and was back to the table in a jiffy.
She sat down across from Frodo. She looked at him while he was exchanging a conversation with her brother. 'His eyes..' She thought. 'They are so piercing blue. Beautiful.' "May, would you like to come with me?" May shook her head out of her daydreaming and nodded. Although she had no idea what he had said to her before, she answered yes anyway.
"I'd love to..Where are we going again?" Frodo laughed and repeated it. "I'm going hiking in the woods and wanted to know if you want to come. Do you?" May's violet eyes sparkled. "Oh yes, let's go!" Daridoc couldn't go because he had way to much garden work to do.
Frodo and May ran out of the house to the trail where it led into the woods. They laughed and raced along the green patches of grass. May and Frodo had been Friends for two years, and great ones at that. "Oh Frodo.." May taunted. This was a game they always played. Frodo grinned at her. "What?" "I bet I can beat you to the tree!" May took off with Frodo on his heels behind her.
May sighed, leaning her head onto the palm on her hand, waiting to catch something that just might be swimming below. She dug her feet into the water, while she waited with the fishing stick in her hand. Finally giving up, she set her pole down and stood up. Taking a deep breath in, she smelled the fresh air.
"I suppose I won't be catching anything today," May said to herself outloud. "Might as well go home and help Ma with her garden." May gathered her things together and stuck them under her arm as she walked up the hill. Hobbiton was lively, everyone walking busily around the market. May walked down the streets, nodding her head to hobbits who said hello.
She walked past the market to a small farm, and set her things on a chair. May opened the door to her house and went inside. "Boo!" A little girl screamed at May, suddenly jumping out in front of her. May shrieked and jumped. When she realized it was her younger sister Abigail, she frowned. "Don't do that. It's not nice." May continued to walk to the kitchen where her ma was working on chopping vegetables. "Hullo ma. I just got back from fishing and had no luck." May's mother turned around in her apron and smiled. "There you are May! I was beginning to wonder where you were."
May laughed. "Well ma, I was to busy doing my little diddle daddys as you can tell!" May held out the skirt of her dress and it was covered with mud. "Goodness gracious child, what have you done?" May bit her lip and looked at the ground. "Oh um..well..you see.." May started to stutter, "I well erm.." "Go outside and wash off!" Her mother pointed 'out' with her finger and May understood.
Walking outside, she went to the side of the house where the well was. May grabbed a small bucket and filled it up with water. She splashed it out on her skirt and rubbed the mud off with a cloth. "I don't know why ma always gets so upset with me," She continued washing, "I'm only having fun." Suddenly she heard some one knocking at the gate.
Lifting her head up, she saw Frodo Baggins at the gate. May rushed over and unlocked it. "Hullo Frodo! 'Top of the day, isn't it?" Frodo nodded and look down at her dress. "What happened?" He asked her as gently as he could. "Oh, I um...Well, I kind of got a little muddy and wet." May knew she was blushing red in front of him. "Won't you come in?" Frodo smiled at her hospitality and agreed.
She led him into the house and he sat down in a chair to talk to Daridoc, May's older brother. "Well Frodo, I'd love to visit with you but I must change. I'll be back in a little while!" She ran to her bedroom and slipped on a jumper and a white shirt and was back to the table in a jiffy.
She sat down across from Frodo. She looked at him while he was exchanging a conversation with her brother. 'His eyes..' She thought. 'They are so piercing blue. Beautiful.' "May, would you like to come with me?" May shook her head out of her daydreaming and nodded. Although she had no idea what he had said to her before, she answered yes anyway.
"I'd love to..Where are we going again?" Frodo laughed and repeated it. "I'm going hiking in the woods and wanted to know if you want to come. Do you?" May's violet eyes sparkled. "Oh yes, let's go!" Daridoc couldn't go because he had way to much garden work to do.
Frodo and May ran out of the house to the trail where it led into the woods. They laughed and raced along the green patches of grass. May and Frodo had been Friends for two years, and great ones at that. "Oh Frodo.." May taunted. This was a game they always played. Frodo grinned at her. "What?" "I bet I can beat you to the tree!" May took off with Frodo on his heels behind her.