Thirteen is a Bad, Bad Number
Chapter 3:
I Think We Were Right
The five Hobbits were still sitting at the kitchen table talking when yet another of the children came out. This time, as they had guessed, it was the next oldest in the family. They youngest of Sam and Rose's daughters, Ruby, slowly made her way down the hallway.
She peeked her head around the doorway to see who was there. She spotted her three Uncles and her two little brothers, smiled, and came out into the kitchen.
"Well, here's our little princess now!" said Merry as he went and picked up the little girl. She giggled, and hugged Merry. "Did we sleep well?" he asked his youngest niece.
"Yes!" she said.
"Good, I'm glad. You guys are going to have a busy day," he said as he carried her back over to his chair.
"Hello Uncle Pippin, and Uncle Frodo." She said. She was older than Robin, and her speech still had that childish tone, but she was doing quite well.
"Wuby! Wuby! Wuby!" said Tolman, unable to say her name properly. He bounced up and down in Pippin's lap when he did this, for by this point in time he was fully awake.
"No, Tolly! Its Ruby! Not Wuby! Rooh-Beeh!" she said, trying desperately to get her youngest brother to say her name correctly.
The three of the children's uncles just sat there and laughed. "You should be quiet," said Pippin. "You wouldn't want to wake the rest of your brothers and sisters, would you?"
"They wake up soon, too," said Robin, who for a while had been quiet. "But not Elly. She too lazy to get up!" he added. Frodo laughed and hugged the boy he was holding on his lap. Elanor, or Elly, as her younger siblings called her, was Sam and Rose's eldest child.
Then they heard something coming towards the kitchen. It was, as expected, the next oldest child, Bilbo, named after Frodo's own Uncle, Bilbo Baggins. He came out and stood in front of the table looking at them all. He was slightly taller than Ruby was, and looked the same way the other two boys had when they came out earlier that morning.
He yawned and stretched, and looked at the other Hobbits in the room. He was still sleepy, so he just waved instead of saying something. "Well hull-o there Bilbo!" said Merry.
"Well, that's four down, nine to go," said Pippin.
Bilbo looked at them for a moment, confused. "What are you talking about?" he asked curiously.
"We are trying to see how long it takes for all of you to get up, and in what order you do it in," replied Frodo.
"Oh… okie," said Bilbo.
Then Robin spoke up again, saying," I fink Pwimwose and Daisy will wake up soon."
"Do you now?" asked Frodo. "That would be quite a surprise."
Amazingly, just as Robin had predicted, Primrose came out into the kitchen, followed by her older sister Daisy. They looked around for a moment, then the two remembered what their parents had told them the day before, and it slowly began to click in their heads.
"Well, that certainly was strange!" said Pippin.
"What was strange?" asked a rather sleepy Daisy.
"So far, all of you have woken up in order from youngest to oldest," said Merry. "We are wondering if the rest of your brothers and sisters would come out here in the same manner as you six have."
"Ohhhh," said Primrose, trying to interpret what she had just been told in her, not-so-awake, head.
"I guess we will just have to wait and see…" said Frodo.
Hey, well, that's six down, seven to go. I know you guys want to know what happens after all the little kiddies wake up, but you're going to have to wait! I'll have the next chapters up sometime soon, enjoy!
Chapter 3:
I Think We Were Right
The five Hobbits were still sitting at the kitchen table talking when yet another of the children came out. This time, as they had guessed, it was the next oldest in the family. They youngest of Sam and Rose's daughters, Ruby, slowly made her way down the hallway.
She peeked her head around the doorway to see who was there. She spotted her three Uncles and her two little brothers, smiled, and came out into the kitchen.
"Well, here's our little princess now!" said Merry as he went and picked up the little girl. She giggled, and hugged Merry. "Did we sleep well?" he asked his youngest niece.
"Yes!" she said.
"Good, I'm glad. You guys are going to have a busy day," he said as he carried her back over to his chair.
"Hello Uncle Pippin, and Uncle Frodo." She said. She was older than Robin, and her speech still had that childish tone, but she was doing quite well.
"Wuby! Wuby! Wuby!" said Tolman, unable to say her name properly. He bounced up and down in Pippin's lap when he did this, for by this point in time he was fully awake.
"No, Tolly! Its Ruby! Not Wuby! Rooh-Beeh!" she said, trying desperately to get her youngest brother to say her name correctly.
The three of the children's uncles just sat there and laughed. "You should be quiet," said Pippin. "You wouldn't want to wake the rest of your brothers and sisters, would you?"
"They wake up soon, too," said Robin, who for a while had been quiet. "But not Elly. She too lazy to get up!" he added. Frodo laughed and hugged the boy he was holding on his lap. Elanor, or Elly, as her younger siblings called her, was Sam and Rose's eldest child.
Then they heard something coming towards the kitchen. It was, as expected, the next oldest child, Bilbo, named after Frodo's own Uncle, Bilbo Baggins. He came out and stood in front of the table looking at them all. He was slightly taller than Ruby was, and looked the same way the other two boys had when they came out earlier that morning.
He yawned and stretched, and looked at the other Hobbits in the room. He was still sleepy, so he just waved instead of saying something. "Well hull-o there Bilbo!" said Merry.
"Well, that's four down, nine to go," said Pippin.
Bilbo looked at them for a moment, confused. "What are you talking about?" he asked curiously.
"We are trying to see how long it takes for all of you to get up, and in what order you do it in," replied Frodo.
"Oh… okie," said Bilbo.
Then Robin spoke up again, saying," I fink Pwimwose and Daisy will wake up soon."
"Do you now?" asked Frodo. "That would be quite a surprise."
Amazingly, just as Robin had predicted, Primrose came out into the kitchen, followed by her older sister Daisy. They looked around for a moment, then the two remembered what their parents had told them the day before, and it slowly began to click in their heads.
"Well, that certainly was strange!" said Pippin.
"What was strange?" asked a rather sleepy Daisy.
"So far, all of you have woken up in order from youngest to oldest," said Merry. "We are wondering if the rest of your brothers and sisters would come out here in the same manner as you six have."
"Ohhhh," said Primrose, trying to interpret what she had just been told in her, not-so-awake, head.
"I guess we will just have to wait and see…" said Frodo.
Hey, well, that's six down, seven to go. I know you guys want to know what happens after all the little kiddies wake up, but you're going to have to wait! I'll have the next chapters up sometime soon, enjoy!
