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AN: The idea for this story came about from another fanfic my friends and I are writing. Well, actually two fanfics-"Whisper in the Night" and "These Three Remain". They are the saga of three sisters and how they find love and all that mushy stuff. (I love a good romance!) In Whispers in the Night, one of the sisters, Elenmir Starjewel finds a baby wolf cub and raises it. My friends and I decided that the opportunity to write a humorous story about three elves attempting to train a rambunctious baby wolf in the timeless woods of Lothlorien was just to good to pass up. If you read either of the two stories this takes place during "Whispers in the Night" before "These Three Remain" If you want a book time it takes place right before the War of the Ring. Frodo is still in Rivendell at this time. There may be some discrepancies between the Whispers and this Fic but that's only because the wolf is not the main plot of Whispers. And now.bring on the chaos!
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Kalamir entered into the woods of Lothlorien and immediately felt as though everything were right with the world, although that couldn't have been farther from the truth. It was almost as if the instant you stepped into these boundaries all worries and cares were lifted from your shoulders. Up ahead of her she could see Elenmir walking with an expression of pure bliss on her face and humming an elvish tune. "Happy to be home, Ele?" she called.
Elenmir turned around and beamed at Kala. "You bet! Its like I never left! I can't wait to see Uncle Malving!" Ele twirled around with her arms outstretched. She didn't care how silly she looked. She was home. "Hurry! Its not far!" She was about to take off running and let Kala and Naremir find their way on their own, when she heard a small sound. She turned and looked at the others. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" asked Ele's sister Naremir. "All we've heard is you humming that song for the past hour!"
Ele made a face at her sister "I heard something!" she insisted. "Its over that way!" and with that she ran off in the direction she had indicated. The other two rolled their eyes and followed.
They crept quietly up to Ele where she lay stretched out on top of a rock looking down into a thicket. She looked to be on the verge of tears. "I told you I heard something! she whispered mournfully, "Look!" Nare and Kala looked down into the thicket.
"Oh no." was all Kala said.
A tiny wolf puppy lay curled up next to the body of an older wolf. From time to time it would whimper and lick the face as if begging the adult to stand up. An arrow was embedded in the side of the adult wolf.
Nare looked as though she was about to break out into sobs any minute. "I'll bet that was its mom! She tried to make it back to her baby."
Kala joined with a sniffle. " But she did make it back! But now. "
Ele stood up "I'm not going to let the little thing die. It's coming with us!"
The others joined with variations on the same theme. They climbed down off the rock and attempted to make their way around to the thicket. Ele muttered various un-polite comments at the thorny brambles as they scrambled through them. "That's it!" she cried after untangling herself from the umpteenth bramble bush. "Going out we are climbing the darn rock!"
"We don't have to Ele!" grinned Nare as she attempted to fight her way through a particularly stubborn bush. "We've already made a path to get out!" Nare pointed behind them at the path they had beaten in their efforts to push through the dense growth.
Kala laughed "Problem solved!"
At last they made it past the brambles and entered the little thicket. The wolf cub shrank back from the approaching and potentially dangerous strangers. It snarled a rather charming baby snarl at them and then cringed at the resounding coos of "How CUTE! " that followed. Ele crept up to the baby and extended her hand. The pup attempted to bite but Ele was quicker. With lightning speed her hand whipped around and grabbed the cub. The cub struggled for a brief moment but then, as if it was grateful to not be alone anymore, it stopped snapping at the air and attempted to snuggle up to Ele. Once more a chorus of "How adorable" filled the air. The three elves gathered around the baby and showered it with attention. The wolf looked at them with liquid brown eyes and lapped it all up.
"He's so cute!"
"Isn't that just adorable? Look at him! He's glad he's not alone anymore!"
"He is just the most adorable thing I have ever seen!"
"He's so precious!"
"Look at his eyes. Aren't they sweet?"
"He's such a sweet widdle baby isn't he?"
Various comments of the adoring sort were bantered about for a good hour before the elves realized that they needed to be getting to Uncle Malving's house. Ele gathered up the wolf cub and the three of them started towards the path they had made in the bushes-only to have Uncle Malving come crashing through the bushes.
"What are you three doing here?" he thundered. "Don't you realize this is a wolf's de-what is that?" he directed his gaze at the furry little ball of fluff in Ele's arms.
Ele smiled her most charming grin. The one she used when she was a child and got caught sneaking cookies. "Why uncle! Can't you tell? 'Tis a baby wolf!" she held up the wriggling cub "Isn't he adorable? Someone killed his mother, I'm going raise him."
"WHAT!?!?!?!?!??! Ele you cannot raise this creature! Wolves ar-" Malving was interrupted by Nare
"Uncle, what is that in your hand?"
Malving sighed ,held out his bow and prepared for the onslaught. Identical expressions of horror and sadness came over the girl's faces.
"YOU KILLED HIS MOM!"
"UNCLE HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?"
"Well, now I'm definitely going to raise him"
Malving tried to placate the angry she-elves in front of him. "It's only a wolf! Wolves are evil!" at this all three girls tried to cover the ears of the wolf puppy.
"He'll hear you!"
"SHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"Its ok, he didn't mean it!"
"The poor thing! That has to be giving him a bad self image!"
Malving mentally groaned. All he had wanted to do was get rid of the wolf that had been prowling the borders of Lothlorien. Now he was going to have to figure out a way to make his niece put down the cub and let him finish the job. In addition to that he was going to have to figure out a way to make up for killing it. "Elenmir" he began. To his absolute horror he saw her eyes fill up with tears. Ai Valar! She was going to do that face! Ele looked at him with huge violet eyes. Tears shone brightly in them, turning them a deep shade of indigo. She sniffed. Oh no, she was sniffling now! You must resist Malving! Ele hugged the baby wolf tighter. It began trying to lick away the tears that were running down her cheeks. Resist giving in, Malving! It's just a wolf! You can do this!
Ele choked back a sob "B-B-But uncle, he's so little!" she sniffed "He's never even had a chance to live!" her voice broke and she let out a small sob.
Resist, don't give in! It's just a wolf. She'll forget about it soon. Don't give in! She'll stop crying any minute now! Malving couldn't have been more wrong.
Kala and Nare grinned at each other behind Malving's back. Then each of the girls moved to stand by Ele. The tears began to well up in their eyes as well and soon Malving was confronted with not one but three crying females.
Valar Help me now ! He thought.
Nare looked up, tears were streaming down her face now and her eyes were shimmering with an indication of more to come. "Uncle. Please, give him a chance to live! 'Tis bad enough that he has lost his mother at such an early age! Please uncle. Don't kill him!" she ended her plea for mercy with a small sniffle as she stroked the cub's head.
Kala sniffled and took the cub from Ele. "He so sweet" she whispered as she cuddled him. The wolf whined and tried to lick her face. "He could be trained!" she cast Malving a pleading glance. Tears were pouring from her eyes and she too was sniffling. "He wouldn't be much trouble. Don't cut his life short! Let him live!" She sobbed and held the wolf cub tightly. Her eyes looked as green as the forest around him. The silver in her eyes shone brightly. "He could be trained!" she whispered again.
Face it Malving. You've lost the battle . Malving sighed. "Very well. You may keep the cub." All three girls slammed into him in a giant hug. "Thank you Uncle!" cried Ele.
Nare hugged him tightly. "You won't regret it!"
Kala hugged him as well. "You are the best!"
Malving returned the hugs and then smiled. "Well, you have a pet. Can we go home and eat now?" He started to walk off but noticed all three girls were now gathered around the body of the adult wolf.
"Its so sad" sniffed Kala.
"She shouldn't just be left here" said Ele in a mournful tone.
"Some one should bury her" agreed Nare.
Malving sighed and went for a shovel
AN: The idea for this story came about from another fanfic my friends and I are writing. Well, actually two fanfics-"Whisper in the Night" and "These Three Remain". They are the saga of three sisters and how they find love and all that mushy stuff. (I love a good romance!) In Whispers in the Night, one of the sisters, Elenmir Starjewel finds a baby wolf cub and raises it. My friends and I decided that the opportunity to write a humorous story about three elves attempting to train a rambunctious baby wolf in the timeless woods of Lothlorien was just to good to pass up. If you read either of the two stories this takes place during "Whispers in the Night" before "These Three Remain" If you want a book time it takes place right before the War of the Ring. Frodo is still in Rivendell at this time. There may be some discrepancies between the Whispers and this Fic but that's only because the wolf is not the main plot of Whispers. And now.bring on the chaos!
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Kalamir entered into the woods of Lothlorien and immediately felt as though everything were right with the world, although that couldn't have been farther from the truth. It was almost as if the instant you stepped into these boundaries all worries and cares were lifted from your shoulders. Up ahead of her she could see Elenmir walking with an expression of pure bliss on her face and humming an elvish tune. "Happy to be home, Ele?" she called.
Elenmir turned around and beamed at Kala. "You bet! Its like I never left! I can't wait to see Uncle Malving!" Ele twirled around with her arms outstretched. She didn't care how silly she looked. She was home. "Hurry! Its not far!" She was about to take off running and let Kala and Naremir find their way on their own, when she heard a small sound. She turned and looked at the others. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" asked Ele's sister Naremir. "All we've heard is you humming that song for the past hour!"
Ele made a face at her sister "I heard something!" she insisted. "Its over that way!" and with that she ran off in the direction she had indicated. The other two rolled their eyes and followed.
They crept quietly up to Ele where she lay stretched out on top of a rock looking down into a thicket. She looked to be on the verge of tears. "I told you I heard something! she whispered mournfully, "Look!" Nare and Kala looked down into the thicket.
"Oh no." was all Kala said.
A tiny wolf puppy lay curled up next to the body of an older wolf. From time to time it would whimper and lick the face as if begging the adult to stand up. An arrow was embedded in the side of the adult wolf.
Nare looked as though she was about to break out into sobs any minute. "I'll bet that was its mom! She tried to make it back to her baby."
Kala joined with a sniffle. " But she did make it back! But now. "
Ele stood up "I'm not going to let the little thing die. It's coming with us!"
The others joined with variations on the same theme. They climbed down off the rock and attempted to make their way around to the thicket. Ele muttered various un-polite comments at the thorny brambles as they scrambled through them. "That's it!" she cried after untangling herself from the umpteenth bramble bush. "Going out we are climbing the darn rock!"
"We don't have to Ele!" grinned Nare as she attempted to fight her way through a particularly stubborn bush. "We've already made a path to get out!" Nare pointed behind them at the path they had beaten in their efforts to push through the dense growth.
Kala laughed "Problem solved!"
At last they made it past the brambles and entered the little thicket. The wolf cub shrank back from the approaching and potentially dangerous strangers. It snarled a rather charming baby snarl at them and then cringed at the resounding coos of "How CUTE! " that followed. Ele crept up to the baby and extended her hand. The pup attempted to bite but Ele was quicker. With lightning speed her hand whipped around and grabbed the cub. The cub struggled for a brief moment but then, as if it was grateful to not be alone anymore, it stopped snapping at the air and attempted to snuggle up to Ele. Once more a chorus of "How adorable" filled the air. The three elves gathered around the baby and showered it with attention. The wolf looked at them with liquid brown eyes and lapped it all up.
"He's so cute!"
"Isn't that just adorable? Look at him! He's glad he's not alone anymore!"
"He is just the most adorable thing I have ever seen!"
"He's so precious!"
"Look at his eyes. Aren't they sweet?"
"He's such a sweet widdle baby isn't he?"
Various comments of the adoring sort were bantered about for a good hour before the elves realized that they needed to be getting to Uncle Malving's house. Ele gathered up the wolf cub and the three of them started towards the path they had made in the bushes-only to have Uncle Malving come crashing through the bushes.
"What are you three doing here?" he thundered. "Don't you realize this is a wolf's de-what is that?" he directed his gaze at the furry little ball of fluff in Ele's arms.
Ele smiled her most charming grin. The one she used when she was a child and got caught sneaking cookies. "Why uncle! Can't you tell? 'Tis a baby wolf!" she held up the wriggling cub "Isn't he adorable? Someone killed his mother, I'm going raise him."
"WHAT!?!?!?!?!??! Ele you cannot raise this creature! Wolves ar-" Malving was interrupted by Nare
"Uncle, what is that in your hand?"
Malving sighed ,held out his bow and prepared for the onslaught. Identical expressions of horror and sadness came over the girl's faces.
"YOU KILLED HIS MOM!"
"UNCLE HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?"
"Well, now I'm definitely going to raise him"
Malving tried to placate the angry she-elves in front of him. "It's only a wolf! Wolves are evil!" at this all three girls tried to cover the ears of the wolf puppy.
"He'll hear you!"
"SHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
"Its ok, he didn't mean it!"
"The poor thing! That has to be giving him a bad self image!"
Malving mentally groaned. All he had wanted to do was get rid of the wolf that had been prowling the borders of Lothlorien. Now he was going to have to figure out a way to make his niece put down the cub and let him finish the job. In addition to that he was going to have to figure out a way to make up for killing it. "Elenmir" he began. To his absolute horror he saw her eyes fill up with tears. Ai Valar! She was going to do that face! Ele looked at him with huge violet eyes. Tears shone brightly in them, turning them a deep shade of indigo. She sniffed. Oh no, she was sniffling now! You must resist Malving! Ele hugged the baby wolf tighter. It began trying to lick away the tears that were running down her cheeks. Resist giving in, Malving! It's just a wolf! You can do this!
Ele choked back a sob "B-B-But uncle, he's so little!" she sniffed "He's never even had a chance to live!" her voice broke and she let out a small sob.
Resist, don't give in! It's just a wolf. She'll forget about it soon. Don't give in! She'll stop crying any minute now! Malving couldn't have been more wrong.
Kala and Nare grinned at each other behind Malving's back. Then each of the girls moved to stand by Ele. The tears began to well up in their eyes as well and soon Malving was confronted with not one but three crying females.
Valar Help me now ! He thought.
Nare looked up, tears were streaming down her face now and her eyes were shimmering with an indication of more to come. "Uncle. Please, give him a chance to live! 'Tis bad enough that he has lost his mother at such an early age! Please uncle. Don't kill him!" she ended her plea for mercy with a small sniffle as she stroked the cub's head.
Kala sniffled and took the cub from Ele. "He so sweet" she whispered as she cuddled him. The wolf whined and tried to lick her face. "He could be trained!" she cast Malving a pleading glance. Tears were pouring from her eyes and she too was sniffling. "He wouldn't be much trouble. Don't cut his life short! Let him live!" She sobbed and held the wolf cub tightly. Her eyes looked as green as the forest around him. The silver in her eyes shone brightly. "He could be trained!" she whispered again.
Face it Malving. You've lost the battle . Malving sighed. "Very well. You may keep the cub." All three girls slammed into him in a giant hug. "Thank you Uncle!" cried Ele.
Nare hugged him tightly. "You won't regret it!"
Kala hugged him as well. "You are the best!"
Malving returned the hugs and then smiled. "Well, you have a pet. Can we go home and eat now?" He started to walk off but noticed all three girls were now gathered around the body of the adult wolf.
"Its so sad" sniffed Kala.
"She shouldn't just be left here" said Ele in a mournful tone.
"Some one should bury her" agreed Nare.
Malving sighed and went for a shovel