Chapter Three: The Next Morning:
The next morning, Frodo awoke with the sun's rays. He found that he must have falling asleep in the living room of Bilbo's home. Frodo had fell asleep in a arm cheer. He looked over and next to the fire Bilbo was still asleep, also in arm chair. Frodo noticed that he held a book in his hand. He had no doubt that it was his book: "A Hobbit's Tale". Frodo looked around and found Sam and found him sleeping down at his feet. He smiled down at his friend, then as quietly as he could he stepped over his sleeping friend.
Frodo made his way to the guest room. He wanted to check on the girl. Frodo pushed open the closed door quietly, but it made a slight creak as it opened. The girl was not awake yet. As quiet as he could he walked up beside the bed. Then saw a nearby chair and pulled up beside the bed. He took a seat.
Frodo looked at her. He still wondered where she came from and whom she was. His answer was soon given to him.
The girl in the bed began to stir. A few seconds later the girl's eyes opened and she looked around.
"Where am I?" she asked quietly.
"You're in the Shire at Bag End."
The girl turned to Frodo. "Who are you?"
"My name is Frodo Baggins." he answered with a smile.
The girl tried to sit up but Frodo told her it might be best if she lay still for ahwile longer. "It's nice to know you're awake." he said to her.
"Thank you, I think." the girl replied. "Could you tell me how I got here?"
Frodo was about to answer but was cut off by Sam. "Mr. Frodo! Mr. Frodo where are you?"
The girl looked a little fighten by the sound of a new voice. Frodo said to her: "Don't worry, it's all right. That's just my friend Sam." He then told the girl to stay where she was so he could go get his uncle and Sam.
"You're right she is awake." Bilbo said when he first came into the room. "How are you feeling lass?"
"I'm fine, I think." she answered.
"That's good to hear." he replied.
"This is my uncle Bilbo." Frodo said as introduced him. "And this is my friend Sam who was calling for me earlier."
"Nice to meet you." the girl said to them.
"It's nice to meet you as well." Sam said.
"Could you tell me how I got here." the girl said as she looked at the three Hobbits.
The three looked at each other oddly. Then Bilbo said: "We were hoping you would tell us that."
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Sam was the one who answered. "Well, my friend Mr. Frodo and I were out on an after noon walk yesturday. We walked till we got to a small pond that's not too far from here and we found you washed up on the land."
"Oh," the girl replied. "I'm sorry but I don't remeber me about washed up on the land."
"That's all right." Frodo said with sympathy in his voice.
"Can you remember your name or where you come from?" asked Bilbo.
The girl thought long and hard. Then a sad look fall upon her face. "No, nothing." she soon answered. "I'm sorry."
Sam turned to Frodo and Bilbo and then asked quietly: "What do we do now?"
"I'm not sure." Bilbo answered. "I would say we could go to the elves about this but they have a lot more things to worry about right now." he let out a sigh. Then he pulled the two a few feet away so the girl wouldn't be able to hear them. "We are just going to have to wait till the next time Gandalf visits." Bilbo said. "I'm sure he will know how to help."
"When will he be visiting uncle?" asked Frodo.
"He will be joining us for the Harvest Festival this year." he answered. "The problem is the festival won't be for a few more weeks." Bilbo cotinued. "Hopefully, she won't mind staying with us till then."
"Should we explain this to her?" Sam asked.
"I don't know." answered Bilbo.
"I think we should." Frodo said. "I mean if Gandalf is the only one who can help her then I would think she would want to know who he is."
"Then we shall tell her." said Bilbo as he and the others walked back to the girl.
Bilbo told her about the festival and about Gandalf. He also told her that Gandalf was not like them and he was wizard. "He would probably be able to help you."
"But you said this festival won't be for another few weeks." the girl replied. "I don't want to be a bother to you."
"You won't be a bother to us lass." Bilbo said with a smile. "Infact we will be glad to have you." he went on. "It's been awhile since we have had some guest here at Bag End."
"Thank you all very much." she said to them. "If I ever remember whom I am I shall repay you somehow."
"Do not worry about it." Frodo assured. "Payment is uncalled for."
"I have a quick question." said Sam. "Since you don't know your name, what shall we call you until you can remember?"
"That's a good question." the girl replied. "I don't know but I would like to have a name or shall I say a new name till I remember my real one."
They all thought a moment. They each tried to think of a name. The three called up some names to see which one the girl would like. Finally, there was one that caught her interest.
"Well, what about Primrose?" suggested Bilbo.
"Yes, that name sounds fine." the girl said with a smile. "I like that name very much."
"Then Primrose it is then." Bilbo said to her. "Now, why don't you go ahead and get some more rest tomorrow I'll ask Sam's friend Rosie to come by to bring you some more clothes and then these two lads here will show around the Shire. How does that sound?"
"That sounds like fun." she answered.
The girl, now known as Primrose soon went back to sleep. The three Hobbits made their way out the room. "I have anothe question," Sam said. "What are we going to tell the other Hobbits when they meet her?"
"We will tell them the truth." answered Bilbo. "That you two found her washed up on the land." he said. "I will go around now and talk to some of the Hobbits to let them know about her so they will not be scared of her."
"All right," Frodo replied. "I will stay here and keep watch."
"What shall I do?" asked Sam.
"Why don't you go ask Rosie now if she could make this girl some clothes?" he answered. "Tell here we will pay her with gold if she will do so." Frodo went on. "Then go tell Pippin and Merry about her."
With that said, Frodo watched as his uncle and friend left Bag End. He was now left alone. Frodo pulled up a chair next to Primrose's room and took a seat. He hoped that she would like the Shire both the Hobbits who lived there and it's beauty.
To Be Continued...
The next morning, Frodo awoke with the sun's rays. He found that he must have falling asleep in the living room of Bilbo's home. Frodo had fell asleep in a arm cheer. He looked over and next to the fire Bilbo was still asleep, also in arm chair. Frodo noticed that he held a book in his hand. He had no doubt that it was his book: "A Hobbit's Tale". Frodo looked around and found Sam and found him sleeping down at his feet. He smiled down at his friend, then as quietly as he could he stepped over his sleeping friend.
Frodo made his way to the guest room. He wanted to check on the girl. Frodo pushed open the closed door quietly, but it made a slight creak as it opened. The girl was not awake yet. As quiet as he could he walked up beside the bed. Then saw a nearby chair and pulled up beside the bed. He took a seat.
Frodo looked at her. He still wondered where she came from and whom she was. His answer was soon given to him.
The girl in the bed began to stir. A few seconds later the girl's eyes opened and she looked around.
"Where am I?" she asked quietly.
"You're in the Shire at Bag End."
The girl turned to Frodo. "Who are you?"
"My name is Frodo Baggins." he answered with a smile.
The girl tried to sit up but Frodo told her it might be best if she lay still for ahwile longer. "It's nice to know you're awake." he said to her.
"Thank you, I think." the girl replied. "Could you tell me how I got here?"
Frodo was about to answer but was cut off by Sam. "Mr. Frodo! Mr. Frodo where are you?"
The girl looked a little fighten by the sound of a new voice. Frodo said to her: "Don't worry, it's all right. That's just my friend Sam." He then told the girl to stay where she was so he could go get his uncle and Sam.
"You're right she is awake." Bilbo said when he first came into the room. "How are you feeling lass?"
"I'm fine, I think." she answered.
"That's good to hear." he replied.
"This is my uncle Bilbo." Frodo said as introduced him. "And this is my friend Sam who was calling for me earlier."
"Nice to meet you." the girl said to them.
"It's nice to meet you as well." Sam said.
"Could you tell me how I got here." the girl said as she looked at the three Hobbits.
The three looked at each other oddly. Then Bilbo said: "We were hoping you would tell us that."
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Sam was the one who answered. "Well, my friend Mr. Frodo and I were out on an after noon walk yesturday. We walked till we got to a small pond that's not too far from here and we found you washed up on the land."
"Oh," the girl replied. "I'm sorry but I don't remeber me about washed up on the land."
"That's all right." Frodo said with sympathy in his voice.
"Can you remember your name or where you come from?" asked Bilbo.
The girl thought long and hard. Then a sad look fall upon her face. "No, nothing." she soon answered. "I'm sorry."
Sam turned to Frodo and Bilbo and then asked quietly: "What do we do now?"
"I'm not sure." Bilbo answered. "I would say we could go to the elves about this but they have a lot more things to worry about right now." he let out a sigh. Then he pulled the two a few feet away so the girl wouldn't be able to hear them. "We are just going to have to wait till the next time Gandalf visits." Bilbo said. "I'm sure he will know how to help."
"When will he be visiting uncle?" asked Frodo.
"He will be joining us for the Harvest Festival this year." he answered. "The problem is the festival won't be for a few more weeks." Bilbo cotinued. "Hopefully, she won't mind staying with us till then."
"Should we explain this to her?" Sam asked.
"I don't know." answered Bilbo.
"I think we should." Frodo said. "I mean if Gandalf is the only one who can help her then I would think she would want to know who he is."
"Then we shall tell her." said Bilbo as he and the others walked back to the girl.
Bilbo told her about the festival and about Gandalf. He also told her that Gandalf was not like them and he was wizard. "He would probably be able to help you."
"But you said this festival won't be for another few weeks." the girl replied. "I don't want to be a bother to you."
"You won't be a bother to us lass." Bilbo said with a smile. "Infact we will be glad to have you." he went on. "It's been awhile since we have had some guest here at Bag End."
"Thank you all very much." she said to them. "If I ever remember whom I am I shall repay you somehow."
"Do not worry about it." Frodo assured. "Payment is uncalled for."
"I have a quick question." said Sam. "Since you don't know your name, what shall we call you until you can remember?"
"That's a good question." the girl replied. "I don't know but I would like to have a name or shall I say a new name till I remember my real one."
They all thought a moment. They each tried to think of a name. The three called up some names to see which one the girl would like. Finally, there was one that caught her interest.
"Well, what about Primrose?" suggested Bilbo.
"Yes, that name sounds fine." the girl said with a smile. "I like that name very much."
"Then Primrose it is then." Bilbo said to her. "Now, why don't you go ahead and get some more rest tomorrow I'll ask Sam's friend Rosie to come by to bring you some more clothes and then these two lads here will show around the Shire. How does that sound?"
"That sounds like fun." she answered.
The girl, now known as Primrose soon went back to sleep. The three Hobbits made their way out the room. "I have anothe question," Sam said. "What are we going to tell the other Hobbits when they meet her?"
"We will tell them the truth." answered Bilbo. "That you two found her washed up on the land." he said. "I will go around now and talk to some of the Hobbits to let them know about her so they will not be scared of her."
"All right," Frodo replied. "I will stay here and keep watch."
"What shall I do?" asked Sam.
"Why don't you go ask Rosie now if she could make this girl some clothes?" he answered. "Tell here we will pay her with gold if she will do so." Frodo went on. "Then go tell Pippin and Merry about her."
With that said, Frodo watched as his uncle and friend left Bag End. He was now left alone. Frodo pulled up a chair next to Primrose's room and took a seat. He hoped that she would like the Shire both the Hobbits who lived there and it's beauty.
To Be Continued...