Disclaimer: I don't own any of this stuff, and I barely understand most of it myself. But I, too, like all of the other misspelling fangirl Mary Sues out there, wish I own Legolas. So there. I said it. HAH! And I also want Pip ^.^

Summary: Sam had once told Frodo that he hoped one day that there would be a song for the children about the Ring's destruction and how Frodo couldn't have done it without good ol' Sam. So I'm giving it to him through my own account.

Diss of Mary Sues/Gary Lous: If you are going to just review this saying that it's bad and incorrect, actually READ the books. Yes, there ARE books (contrary to some dumb skaters at my school's thoughts), and they have been out on the market for half a century at most. Only about 1/1,000,000th (that's ONE MILLIONTH for those of you who are math-illiterate) of the "Mary Sues" out there have read the book series and know what they're talking about, like me. The books and the movie contrast like hell and heaven, so think (but don't hurt yourselves) before you review. And also, please correct grammar and spelling errors. If you can't take the time to read a book or go to English classes, then you're not worthy of a rant. Okay, I'm done.



A Song For Sam's Fireside: Of the Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King

By J.C. Rocket





A tale there is, not very small,

Quite very large a tale indeed.

It tells about the Evil's fall,

Of Elves and Men and Dwarves and greed.

A Ring there was to rule them all,

A Ring there was to go and find them,

One single Ring to bring them all,

And in the Shadow's darkness bind them.

This Ring was made for Sauron's use.

He wiped out nearly all the land.

A battle struck with all excuse

To melt the Ring upon his hand.

Isildur killed the evil King

But kept the trinket from desire.

Elrond could not force the Ring

Into the boiling lake of fire.

Mount Doom was where the Ring was forged,

The only place it could be tossed.

And later, when greed of men had gorged,

With Isildur dead, the Ring was lost.

Forgotten were things that shouldn't have been,

Even by eye of a soaring eagle.

For the Ring had laid in the Anduin

'Till it was spied by a hobbit, Déagol.

But Déagol's cousin of much greed

Desired it and strangled him.

Sméagol was his name and he'd no need

To misuse and steal at his ev'ry whim.

Sméagol, or Gollum, by noise in his throat,

Lay rotting in a cave, infected

By the Ring, for he it smote

And soon it would be resurrected.

A hobbit saw a tiny shine

Within the breaches of his cave.

Bilbo claimed it in the "mine"

Until it to his nephew, Frodo, he gave.

(Here begins the real adventure.)

A light was in the fireplace;

Upon its mantle lay the Ring.

For seventeen years 'til Gandalf's face

Appeared in Bag End with news to bring.

Frodo heard of many names

The night that Gandalf had explained

Just how he'd put Sauron to shame.

Frodo was troubled and disdained.

Samwise Gamgee came to spy

For his master, Frodo's, health

Before he was met by Gandalf's eye

He'd heard of Rings and gold and wealth.

Gandalf had left the Shire soon

And set the hobbits on their way.

Sam and Frodo followed the Moon,

Walking farther day by day.

Hearing of his lengthy trip

Were Frodo's cousins from afar.

Their names were Meriadoc and "Pip."

They tagged along beside the star.

The hobbits traveled up a hill

Into a valley down below.

There they met Tom Bombadil,

A man with striking boots of yellow.

He had a wife named Goldberry.

The hobbits stayed a little while.

Soon they left and did not tarry

They took leave with both of their smiles.

The journey to the dark Mordor

Had been prolonged by Ringwraiths not.

They did not realize it was more:

The Eye had long after them sought.

Along the road they heard a horse.

And yet, the sounds were not the same.

They flew off of the road, of course,

To find themselves in Nazgul's game.

When the wraiths were gone, by thought,

The four began to walk again.

But out they came with newer plot:

The Ringwraiths followed them unslain.

(Here begins the scene at Bree.)

A queer, old inn at the town of Bree

(It was called "The Prancing Pony")

Made Frodo dance and sing with glee,

And crowds did not once find him phony,

Until the Ring slipped on his hand.

He took it off; he could not bear

The sights of it, so up he'd stand

To meet a chilling, silenced stare.

Butterbur did not agree

With Frodo's behavior that night.

He said that magic wasn't believed

And regulars nearly sparked a fight.

The hobbits roamed upstairs to find

A shadowed man who was called Strider.

A piercing sound then came in mind

When upon them came Black Riders.

Quickly, though, the Ringwraiths left,

And so the company had peace.

But in the morning they'd be swift

To leave: for Rivendell, at least

The friends departed from the inn

And walked away in forest's calm.

They saw three trolls that did not win,

In Bilbo's time, for twelve dwarves' qualm.

They walked again for many days

Until they got to Weathertop.

There the fire's greyish haze

Attracted Nazgul to its top.

Frodo scrambled for safety

To hide from all the dangers near.

But only he did Nazgul see,

And he was smote by swords that sear.

For days the injured hobbit rode

And still the pain was truly hell.

Soon Glorfindel had come, by code,

To take him off to Rivendell.

The Nazgul had followed well,

When Frodo had begun to shiver.

Glorfindel then cast a spell.

The Ringwraiths floated down the river.

Frodo fainted in the end,

After all throughout ford's flight.

Helped only by his newfound "friend."

He did not die, nor see "The Light."

(Here ends the First Book.)



A/N: Well, there ya have it folks: the completion of the first chapter. I'll have to write more for tomorrow. And, oh, if I start writing in rhymes other than above, run for your lives, and then call me long-distance and TELL me that I'm writing in rhymes. Thanks for the reviews, guys! I really appreciate it. That's the most I've had in 2 days. Okay, I've got to finish my homework so I can write more of the song, but I'll be back. Chinchilla of Doom, HEHEHEW!!!

~J.C. Rocket

PS~ "Ladyship…" is currently stopped until I finish the first four books of this. I'll go back to writing that and finishing ROTK and then I'll come back to this for awhile. And for anyone who hasn't heard of the Ladyship, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read it and review. I'd appreciate it! Sayoonara!