Chapter 25-Of Panic and Pippin Junior
It wasn't until one of the next times he saw Diamond (round at Sam's house for Dinner), that he remembered something Truly Terrible. He was watching Elanor, and Frodo (Sam's child) playing in Sam's house, and this triggered something, the very thought which was enough to make him choke on his cordial and just about spray it all over the carpet. He yanked Diamond out of the door and into the hall and hissed at her, panicking.
'Diamoan' ! Jist, jist, oh why didnea ye tell me? Och ah'm sae stupid!' 'What, what is it? Pip, what's wrong?' 'Ah've goat ah sereious question tae aisk ye; is there gaun tae be a Pippin junior with us ainy time in the near future?' 'Excuse me?' 'Um, um.' Pippin fiddled with his shirt, 'like, in th' nine months sorta future, if ye get mah meanin..'his voice trailed off.
'Oh? Oh, I see!' She laughed,' No, no, absolutely not.' 'But, sureli ye won't ken fer aboot five months? Like Rosie' 'Pippin, It doesn't quite work like that' 'Aye? How does it work thean?' 'Well, there's a time and a place to explain that sort of thing, it's not here, and.Did your Mother never sit you down and talk to you about things?' 'No. Mah mither wid probably sooner have rolled in hunny and run naked though Fermer Maggoats beehives than expleen things oav tha' nature!' 'Right. Now I know what's wrong with you. Oh well. But if it would really please you, I think Pippin Junior's a sweet idea.' said Diamond strangely, wrapping her arms about Pippin. 'No' jist yet if it's a' the seam tae ye!'
It wasn't until one of the next times he saw Diamond (round at Sam's house for Dinner), that he remembered something Truly Terrible. He was watching Elanor, and Frodo (Sam's child) playing in Sam's house, and this triggered something, the very thought which was enough to make him choke on his cordial and just about spray it all over the carpet. He yanked Diamond out of the door and into the hall and hissed at her, panicking.
'Diamoan' ! Jist, jist, oh why didnea ye tell me? Och ah'm sae stupid!' 'What, what is it? Pip, what's wrong?' 'Ah've goat ah sereious question tae aisk ye; is there gaun tae be a Pippin junior with us ainy time in the near future?' 'Excuse me?' 'Um, um.' Pippin fiddled with his shirt, 'like, in th' nine months sorta future, if ye get mah meanin..'his voice trailed off.
'Oh? Oh, I see!' She laughed,' No, no, absolutely not.' 'But, sureli ye won't ken fer aboot five months? Like Rosie' 'Pippin, It doesn't quite work like that' 'Aye? How does it work thean?' 'Well, there's a time and a place to explain that sort of thing, it's not here, and.Did your Mother never sit you down and talk to you about things?' 'No. Mah mither wid probably sooner have rolled in hunny and run naked though Fermer Maggoats beehives than expleen things oav tha' nature!' 'Right. Now I know what's wrong with you. Oh well. But if it would really please you, I think Pippin Junior's a sweet idea.' said Diamond strangely, wrapping her arms about Pippin. 'No' jist yet if it's a' the seam tae ye!'