1 Chapter Six
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Rings (author's note- I thought that up a while ago, and HAD to use it!)
(Three weeks after Frodo arrives)
The day after I had been appointed ring-bearer was a Saturday. Not that it mattered, since it was Winter Break anyway. I had decided I was officially crazy, since, one, I actually believed this was happening, and, two, that I, well, I don't even want to THINK about the second reason. I looked over at Frodo, who was sleeping quietly in his little nook. I smiled. How peaceful he looked when he was sleeping. I quickly realized what exactly I was thinking, and shook my head to drive the thought out. "I know you're watching me," said Frodo, his eyes still closed. "And I also know what you're thinking about."
"No, you don't," I said.
He smiled. "I may not look it, but I know a thing or two," He said. I had to suppress my laughter. He looked up at me, and, as soon as I looked, He stared at the wall, studying every nook and cranny.
I wondered whether or not he actually knew what exactly I was thinking about.
"So," he said, "We've got the whole day ahead of us, and I have yet to see what it will bring,"
"Yeah, I wonder what strange creature will fall out of the sky today," I said, thinking.
"This whole thing is really weird for you, isn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah, and I find it to be slightly like cheetos: dangerously cheesy."
Frodo bore a look of confusion so funny looking I just had to laugh. "Must be a human thing," he muttered.
"Yeah," I said in agreement.
He looked at me, and smiled ever so slightly.
"What?" I demanded, hands on my hips.
He laughed. "Just that if you knew what I knew, you'd be horrified."
"And what knowledge is that?"
"The fact that I know EXACTLY what you're thinking about."
"Yeah right."
"Okay, I'll PROVE it."
"Okay, then, what am I thinking of NOW?" I asked, focusing my mind on my cat, who I heard padding softly through the halls.
"Your cat, Pearl."
"Lucky guess. How about now?" I then thought of my two best friends, Sarah Farrell and Korrin Price.
"A girl about your height with brown hair and eyes, and a girl with red hair and green eyes. Their names are Sarah Farrell and Korrin Price."
I froze. Those descriptions were right. So, he knew my secrets.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about that thing at recess in third grade." He laughed, seeing my face. "The reading is a trick Gandalf showed me. First, you have to think of the person and everything you know of the person. Then, you put the invisibility ring that Gandalf gave us on. Chant a verse, song, or poem that both you and the person know, and then take the ring off." He then closed his eyes. I assumed this meant he was going to get some more sleep, so I walked in the living room. I remembered everything I knew about Frodo, and slipped on the ring (which I distinguished from the master ring by the chain it was on), and started to chant.
"Three rings for the elven-kings, under the sky,
Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for mortal men, doomed to die,
One for the dark lord on his dark throne,
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie,
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all, and in the shadows bind them
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie."
I finished the verse, and Frodo walked in just as I slipped off the ring.
"I've got it too, now" I thought.
"Well done" he thought back.
"So, um, I guess you hate me now"
He frowned. "Why would you think that?"
"From what you overheard, or, rather, overthought"
"No, I think nothing of it"
I stared at him like he was mad. "Why not?"
"Because" he thought, "I feel the same"
Author: Ohh, Cliffhanger! That one's GOTTA hurt!
Oh, and, I'm not posting until I have a total of FORTY reviews, WITHOUT duplicates, and WITHOUT more than two from each person. Please be kind.
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Rings (author's note- I thought that up a while ago, and HAD to use it!)
(Three weeks after Frodo arrives)
The day after I had been appointed ring-bearer was a Saturday. Not that it mattered, since it was Winter Break anyway. I had decided I was officially crazy, since, one, I actually believed this was happening, and, two, that I, well, I don't even want to THINK about the second reason. I looked over at Frodo, who was sleeping quietly in his little nook. I smiled. How peaceful he looked when he was sleeping. I quickly realized what exactly I was thinking, and shook my head to drive the thought out. "I know you're watching me," said Frodo, his eyes still closed. "And I also know what you're thinking about."
"No, you don't," I said.
He smiled. "I may not look it, but I know a thing or two," He said. I had to suppress my laughter. He looked up at me, and, as soon as I looked, He stared at the wall, studying every nook and cranny.
I wondered whether or not he actually knew what exactly I was thinking about.
"So," he said, "We've got the whole day ahead of us, and I have yet to see what it will bring,"
"Yeah, I wonder what strange creature will fall out of the sky today," I said, thinking.
"This whole thing is really weird for you, isn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah, and I find it to be slightly like cheetos: dangerously cheesy."
Frodo bore a look of confusion so funny looking I just had to laugh. "Must be a human thing," he muttered.
"Yeah," I said in agreement.
He looked at me, and smiled ever so slightly.
"What?" I demanded, hands on my hips.
He laughed. "Just that if you knew what I knew, you'd be horrified."
"And what knowledge is that?"
"The fact that I know EXACTLY what you're thinking about."
"Yeah right."
"Okay, I'll PROVE it."
"Okay, then, what am I thinking of NOW?" I asked, focusing my mind on my cat, who I heard padding softly through the halls.
"Your cat, Pearl."
"Lucky guess. How about now?" I then thought of my two best friends, Sarah Farrell and Korrin Price.
"A girl about your height with brown hair and eyes, and a girl with red hair and green eyes. Their names are Sarah Farrell and Korrin Price."
I froze. Those descriptions were right. So, he knew my secrets.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about that thing at recess in third grade." He laughed, seeing my face. "The reading is a trick Gandalf showed me. First, you have to think of the person and everything you know of the person. Then, you put the invisibility ring that Gandalf gave us on. Chant a verse, song, or poem that both you and the person know, and then take the ring off." He then closed his eyes. I assumed this meant he was going to get some more sleep, so I walked in the living room. I remembered everything I knew about Frodo, and slipped on the ring (which I distinguished from the master ring by the chain it was on), and started to chant.
"Three rings for the elven-kings, under the sky,
Seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for mortal men, doomed to die,
One for the dark lord on his dark throne,
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie,
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all, and in the shadows bind them
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie."
I finished the verse, and Frodo walked in just as I slipped off the ring.
"I've got it too, now" I thought.
"Well done" he thought back.
"So, um, I guess you hate me now"
He frowned. "Why would you think that?"
"From what you overheard, or, rather, overthought"
"No, I think nothing of it"
I stared at him like he was mad. "Why not?"
"Because" he thought, "I feel the same"
Author: Ohh, Cliffhanger! That one's GOTTA hurt!
Oh, and, I'm not posting until I have a total of FORTY reviews, WITHOUT duplicates, and WITHOUT more than two from each person. Please be kind.