Chapter 11 - of Cake crumbs and Ceiling beams
'Merri! Merri! Och, ah've got samethin tae tell ye! Merri!' cried the Took, bursting into his home. 'What? And wher've you been anyway? I was going to send out a search party if you'd not come back soon. It's unlike you to miss meals..' 'Neiver mind tha', ye soond lik' some fussin' hen! Ah wis awa' aind ah've met sameone! She's beautifule, she is..' He pranced in, carelessly dropping the bag of cake crumbs on Merry's foot. 'Och, ye wull came wi' me tae meet hur, wont ye? Ah'm sceered a'reidy, but she's a marvelus lassie, Merri, she is!'.
Merry watched his friend practically jig round the house spreading cake crumbs and pausing from his ecstatic babbling only to scream in pain as he bumped his head on the low ceiling beams. 'Oh dear. The last time I saw him like this was when he ate those really dodgy mushrooms. The ones we told him not to because they were the magic hallucinogenic ones, but he wouldn't listen to us and was dancing round the house screaming about the purple oiliphaunts coming through the walls . this could well be worse,' Merry thought. 'Pip, my chum, I wish you every success.'
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 'Gurr, dratted necklines! Malva, when I ask to borrow a top of yours to wear, next time don't let me pick something as revealing as this! I feel like a whore, and I bet I look like one as well.' Diamond said angrily, twitching at her clothes. 'Trust me on this one. I'm sure your Tookish friend will have no problem whatsoever with it, even if you do' said Malva confidently. 'Oh no, up until the Shirrif arrests me for indecent exposure, that is ... 'Diamond muttered. 'Hmmm, wonder if he's brought a friend? I do think its inconsiderate of you not to have made sure, Diamond'
Diamond rolled her eyes and walked on. Nobody had been told quite how she'd met him. It doesn't do much for first impressions, does it : 'How did you meet the guy?' 'Well, he jumped on me' 'Excuse me?' She'd just said to Malva that they'd bumped into each other while out walking and got chatting. With her fingers crossed behind her back.
'Oooh, something tells me he's got a friend. I knew I should have dyed my toe hair, perhaps a pinkish tint, that could be quite feminine, what do you think?' said Malva anxiously. 'I think you're fine as you are, trust me. Anyway, it's only the Dragon, I mean it's not like you're expected to be dressed up, is it?' 'But, Diamond, it's a man-hobbit! A good-looking one, or maybe two. Dress to impress and all that Donkey*!'
Diamond sighed and stepped inside the Green dragon Inn, nervously looking around.`
* We would say 'Bull', but it's the Shire equivalent.
'Merri! Merri! Och, ah've got samethin tae tell ye! Merri!' cried the Took, bursting into his home. 'What? And wher've you been anyway? I was going to send out a search party if you'd not come back soon. It's unlike you to miss meals..' 'Neiver mind tha', ye soond lik' some fussin' hen! Ah wis awa' aind ah've met sameone! She's beautifule, she is..' He pranced in, carelessly dropping the bag of cake crumbs on Merry's foot. 'Och, ye wull came wi' me tae meet hur, wont ye? Ah'm sceered a'reidy, but she's a marvelus lassie, Merri, she is!'.
Merry watched his friend practically jig round the house spreading cake crumbs and pausing from his ecstatic babbling only to scream in pain as he bumped his head on the low ceiling beams. 'Oh dear. The last time I saw him like this was when he ate those really dodgy mushrooms. The ones we told him not to because they were the magic hallucinogenic ones, but he wouldn't listen to us and was dancing round the house screaming about the purple oiliphaunts coming through the walls . this could well be worse,' Merry thought. 'Pip, my chum, I wish you every success.'
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 'Gurr, dratted necklines! Malva, when I ask to borrow a top of yours to wear, next time don't let me pick something as revealing as this! I feel like a whore, and I bet I look like one as well.' Diamond said angrily, twitching at her clothes. 'Trust me on this one. I'm sure your Tookish friend will have no problem whatsoever with it, even if you do' said Malva confidently. 'Oh no, up until the Shirrif arrests me for indecent exposure, that is ... 'Diamond muttered. 'Hmmm, wonder if he's brought a friend? I do think its inconsiderate of you not to have made sure, Diamond'
Diamond rolled her eyes and walked on. Nobody had been told quite how she'd met him. It doesn't do much for first impressions, does it : 'How did you meet the guy?' 'Well, he jumped on me' 'Excuse me?' She'd just said to Malva that they'd bumped into each other while out walking and got chatting. With her fingers crossed behind her back.
'Oooh, something tells me he's got a friend. I knew I should have dyed my toe hair, perhaps a pinkish tint, that could be quite feminine, what do you think?' said Malva anxiously. 'I think you're fine as you are, trust me. Anyway, it's only the Dragon, I mean it's not like you're expected to be dressed up, is it?' 'But, Diamond, it's a man-hobbit! A good-looking one, or maybe two. Dress to impress and all that Donkey*!'
Diamond sighed and stepped inside the Green dragon Inn, nervously looking around.`
* We would say 'Bull', but it's the Shire equivalent.