Elanor woke that morning with the bright warm sun in her eyes. She smelt eggs and bacon and heard the kettle boiling. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. She hopped out of bed with not a single yawn. She rushed to the kitchen to greet her mother pouring the tea and organising the table cloth on their small wooden table and putting down a plate of seed cakes.
"Where's daddy?" Elanor asked surprised he wasn't in his usual place (his armchair). "He's outside dear, you wouldn't mind taking this to him would you?" asked Rosie holding out a cup of tea. "Not at all" replied Elanor taking the tea in her delicate hands. Elanor walked steadily, caring not to spill the hot tea that was nearly burning her hands. "Quick daddy! It's hot and it's burning my hands!" Sam rushed over and took the mug from her. "Elanor Put your hands in the stream to cool them." Sam said calmly. Elanor was much closer to her dad than Rosie as he was much calmer and had a softer voice. "What are you doing out here?" Elanor asked. "Just Gardening," Sam says whilst sketching a flower in a little notebook. Elanor peaked over her dad's shoulder. "Your really good dad" Elanor whispered. Sam chuckled to himself as if he didn't believe what she was saying. Then, he looked up at her and stared at her for some time as if he was examining her face. Elanor was known as the fair because of her beauty; many said that looked more like an elf maiden than a hobbit. She had golden hair, which had been rare in the Shire; but two others of Samwise's daughters were also golden-haired, and so were many of the children at this time." What are you looking at?" Asked Elanor knocking Sam out of his daze. "What?" Sam asked rather confused. Elanor sighed.
"Can I go and play with Merry and Pippin? They promised me that you would let me have a ride on Bill. Can I take him to the fields with Merry and Pippin?" asked Elanor.* Rather surprised by all these questions, Sam just nodded and told her to have fun and remember to give Bill an apple before riding on him as he is rather frustrated in the mornings. Elanor nodded and skipped off receiving lots of greetings such as " Good morning Elanor!" and Elanor would reply "what do you mean good morning, do you mean that I should feel good on this morning or whether I like it or not or do you mean that it is a good morning to be good on?" Elanor replied, knowing the words off by heart to Bilbo's story of his unexpected adventure.
Almost everybody in the Shire loved Elanor, (Partly because she was the daughter of a noble Hobbit who saved the Shire from being invaded by Ruffians) but mostly because she was a polite, charming and rather funny little young Hobbit. In the distance Elanor could see faint silhouettes of two hobbits, one with curly brown hair and one with curly blond hair and one slightly taller than the other (which they were always arguing about) Merry and Pippin! Elanor started into a sprint running towards them. Pippin lifted her into his arms spinning her round. "I have come to have a ride on Bill!" Elanor said, "and today, if you don't mind I would like to have ago by myself" Merry and Pippin exchanged looks. "Oh please! I have had lots of practise and I'm sure father wouldn't mind! He's always telling me to go and have an adventure of my own! Please!" Elanor begged. "Well…If Sam doesn't mind them…We are okay with it! We'll just get Bill out for you and then-"Merry and Pippin started "No no I know where he is! Thank you!"
"Are you sure you don't want us to come with you?!" shouted Pippin his voice drifting into the distance. "No I'm fine!" shouted Elanor making an effort to be heard as she was running back the way she came.
Elanor honestly knew that Sam would not approve of Elanor going by herself to ride Bill and especially Rosie. When she arrived at the stables she took the juicy red apple out from under her dress and fed it to Bill. Bill loved Elanor's company and he was never ungrateful of her presence. "Hullo Bill how do you feel about an early morning walk just you and me?" Bill stuffed his nose into Elanor's neck and she giggled. Elanor quickly got the reins down and gathered some more apples for them to share. She was in a hurry as he knew that soon, Merry and Pippin would go and tell Sam about her running off with Bill. She wanted as much riding time as she could get before Sam found her. She knew she would get in a lot of trouble but it was worth it (and she had always been the cheeky one out of her and her brother) Elanor was only fourteen years old (which is considerably young for hobbits) but she was quite mature for her age as many of the other hobbits would say. But it wasn't very wise of her to go riding by herself. She grabbed Bill by the reins and they set off. "Miss Gamgee wherever are you off to?" and she would reply knowing another one of Mr Bilbo Bagginess's words off by heart. "I'm going on an adventure!"