Fool of a Took: Pippin's Journal

by mmcgui12gmu

Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, as told by Pippin Took. Dedicated to my friend, Katherine, whose favorite character is Pippin. (Reatarted from an old account.)

12. Sad Songs

At least we got out of that stupid swamp by the end of the day.

We finally stopped for the night a while after sunset. Strider caught us a deer for dinner.

While Merry, Sam, and I fell asleep, Strider kept watch and tended the fire. Frodo seemed to doze off, but I don't think he really fell asleep.

As I fell asleep later that night, I faintly heard Strider singing, "Tinuviel elvanui, elleth alfirin ethelhael, o hon ring finnil fuinui, a renc gelebren thiliol."

I'm not sure what he was singing about. It sounded cool, though. Depressing, but cool.

I heard Frodo get up and ask, "Who is she, this woman you sing of?"

"'Tis the Lay of Luthien, the Elf-maiden who gave her love to Beren, a mortal."

"What happened to her?"

"She died."

There was a slight pause.

"Get some sleep, Frodo."

That night, I can't remember the dreams I had, but I vaguely remember them being sad.