Chapter Two: Some Elves Get a Big Surprise
Olga and Helga both landed in a pile of soft fragrant grass with a ground-lurching thud. They got up slowly and stared around at the dense trees and dappled sunlight around them.
"Wow, I wonder where we are?" asked Helga in her high nasal voice that disrupted the tranquil quiet around them. Several squirrels started chattering angrily, along with some birds. Suddenly, two elves, clad in camouflage green and brown, drew their bows and pointed one at Olga and one at Helga. But they seemed to be unsure of where to point them, because they couldn't quite decide where Olga and Helga's heads ended and their necks began. Finally, they decided to direct their bows at Olga and Helga's heads.
"Hey, don't hurt us!" Olga squealed.
"Yeah, don't hate us `cause we're beautiful!" said Helga. The poor elves didn't know what to say to these strange (and untrue) phrases. They looked at each other with puzzlement.
"You will come with us to the palace of the king of Mirkwood." One said finally, motioning with his bow for Olga and Helga to start walking. The two sisters looked at each other excitedly.
"Mirkwood?!" screeched Helga.
"Can you be quiet?" said the other elf, exasperated. "I swear to Elbereth." He whispered under his breath. Olga, Helga, and the poor unlucky elves walked for about 15 minutes, but the sisters were panting by the time they reached the palace.
"The king will see you now." Said the elves, and walked away, relieved. Olga and Helga walked into the throne room, and gasped.
"King Thranduil?" they said in unison, and then screamed when he nodded, and started jumping up and down, making the ground of the throne room rock.
"Where's Legolas? Where's Legolas? Where's Lego-"but the king interrupted Helga before she could finish.
"I think the question is what you were doing in my wood." Said the king with a frown. Both the girls immediately started talking at the same time.
"We were looking in a mirror-"
"Fell inside-"
"Two elves-"
"Very jealous of us-"
"Brought us here-"
"And can you tell Legolas we want to see him?" Olga finished breathlessly. The king of Mirkwood rubbed his head. He was getting a major migraine just listening to these two.
"Put these two humans into a cell until I can think of what to do with them." Said the king, reaching for a bottle of Advil. So Olga and Helga, still straining their heads for any sign of Legolas, were led off into the elfin prison.
Olga and Helga both landed in a pile of soft fragrant grass with a ground-lurching thud. They got up slowly and stared around at the dense trees and dappled sunlight around them.
"Wow, I wonder where we are?" asked Helga in her high nasal voice that disrupted the tranquil quiet around them. Several squirrels started chattering angrily, along with some birds. Suddenly, two elves, clad in camouflage green and brown, drew their bows and pointed one at Olga and one at Helga. But they seemed to be unsure of where to point them, because they couldn't quite decide where Olga and Helga's heads ended and their necks began. Finally, they decided to direct their bows at Olga and Helga's heads.
"Hey, don't hurt us!" Olga squealed.
"Yeah, don't hate us `cause we're beautiful!" said Helga. The poor elves didn't know what to say to these strange (and untrue) phrases. They looked at each other with puzzlement.
"You will come with us to the palace of the king of Mirkwood." One said finally, motioning with his bow for Olga and Helga to start walking. The two sisters looked at each other excitedly.
"Mirkwood?!" screeched Helga.
"Can you be quiet?" said the other elf, exasperated. "I swear to Elbereth." He whispered under his breath. Olga, Helga, and the poor unlucky elves walked for about 15 minutes, but the sisters were panting by the time they reached the palace.
"The king will see you now." Said the elves, and walked away, relieved. Olga and Helga walked into the throne room, and gasped.
"King Thranduil?" they said in unison, and then screamed when he nodded, and started jumping up and down, making the ground of the throne room rock.
"Where's Legolas? Where's Legolas? Where's Lego-"but the king interrupted Helga before she could finish.
"I think the question is what you were doing in my wood." Said the king with a frown. Both the girls immediately started talking at the same time.
"We were looking in a mirror-"
"Fell inside-"
"Two elves-"
"Very jealous of us-"
"Brought us here-"
"And can you tell Legolas we want to see him?" Olga finished breathlessly. The king of Mirkwood rubbed his head. He was getting a major migraine just listening to these two.
"Put these two humans into a cell until I can think of what to do with them." Said the king, reaching for a bottle of Advil. So Olga and Helga, still straining their heads for any sign of Legolas, were led off into the elfin prison.