A/N: Hi people, I'm soooo sorry, I didn't write for ages! But I've been very busy and it's really much more to translate a story than to write it originally in English! Now I have holidays – hooray! But don't expect too much as they are going MUCH to fast, the last 1 1/2 week was as short as nothing!
Disclaimer (for ALL chappies): I don't known anything of the wonderful world and creatures and stuff Tolkien created. I just love it and my imagination has its fun with the stuff. The result of that playing can be read in my stories such as this one.
Begging for mercy: I don't have my English LotR volume here with me. I just have my dictionary so please be kind with my translation… Just one hint: I don't have English course anymore (btw I passed with "very good") so I have to work out eveything(grammar etc.) on my own with my VERY bad memory, so I'll probably even fail more than so far – just ignore it, ok?
So on I go.
Feel free to review.
Enjoy.
~*~
June 20th 1400
Dear companion,
when I told my parents about Greencap they were very surprised that I already had and have such concrete plans about my future. Well, so I'm not the good-for-nothing dreamer some of the adults in the village think I am…
Father is indeed a bit disappointed that I don't want to follow in his footsteps but also proud that I want to start my apprenticeship [A/N: nobody told me – BAH!] already at the age of 19. Today he went with me to Hobbiton. I took more carving works of me with me to show them old Greencap. He showed himself more or less impressed by them and made the offer to indeed take me into apprenticeship!!! I will live and learn at his place and depending on how I will do I would work at his later, too! Father has agreed. After the wedding of my sister, on July 1st I will begin. I'm so happy!!! I just doesn't know how to thank Ruby!!! But I will think of something… Immediately I had gone to her in Bywater and told her the great news and was happy with her together!
Back again at home we told Lilly and mother. Lilly was enthusiastic – mother less. She was indeed glad that I do "something reasonable" (as she put it) at last but also sad because within 3 days she has to let her both children out of the cave. It isn't that bad at all! Hobbiton isn't that far away and Lilly moves only into the village, to Bibo and his father (a nice house they have there…). They will meet on every market day and swap the newest gossip. And on many other days, too, because from the centre of the village to our hole it's only 15 minutes footpath. Anyway I am looking forward to that time – although, I'm also a bit frightened…
June 30th 1400
Dear companion,
I'm really proud of myself: Bibo can (to some extent) fluently read and readable write. 2 days before the end of the "deadline". He has mightily put out all the stops and practiced a lot. Lilly was endlessly glad about this "wedding present" and really thankful to me. No Bibo can even sign the wedding document properly…
Yesyes – the marriage! Everybody is excited. A whole lot of people is invited: all from Frogmorton and Whitefurrow. Additionally several relatives and friends from Micheldelving, Stock and some villages in the North Farthing. Lilly also has invited Ruby but yesterday the negative reply arrived: Budo feels worse and she can't go. Pity! Fosco and I were so looking forward to see her again. Because of all the preparations we had no time to visit her yet…
Here in the village it is like in a beestock (finally we don't have a marriage every day! And at the same time it's Overlithe!). Everybody is busy with preparations for the big feast on the East Meadow. Overnight stay places out of the (totally full) "Swimming Beam" are organised, tables and benches set up. Everywhere is baking and cooking. Mother makes a lot of her speciality: ham in bread dough – tasty! Hal's mother is cooking her wonderful veggie pies. Pity, it isn't time for mushrooms yet. And Mrs Highden…hm – what is she making??? – I will immediately stroll past hers and try to sniff it…
Overlithe 1400
Dear companion,
today is the day! Meine big sister marries!
It is still very early in the morning (about 4) and Lilly and I have set out for a small walk after we noticed that we both couldn't sleep anymore… We have talked about several things we have done together.
The morning has dawned ago and it is already quite bright. The cloudless sky promises a beautiful day. At the moment Lilly and I are sitting in front of the deserted house on The Isle (I have taken the bundled sheets with me – and it was absolutely right!) and just have read out some passages of my notes for her (of course I've let out the stuff about Bibo!). Now we're both just sitting, observing the brightening sky and each hang after our own thoughts: I still can't quite believe it: the day after tomorrow I, Milo Sandhill, the clumsiest boy in whole Frogmorton (until lil'Hal was born…), will start an apprenticeship as joiner. That is unbelievable! But from then on I also won't see my sister dailöy anymore. Never before we have been that far away from each other for more that 2 days! From our parents we have been (e.g. when we visited Uncle rufus and Aunt Gilly in Micheldelving), but not from each other… I believe Lilly is thinking the same at the moment because she looks so strangely at me. I would like to talk with her about everything and all but I dunno how to express… So I will stop writing and just hug her tightly. We always have understood best without words.
2nd Lithe 1400
Dear companion,
the feast was incredibly wonderful. I can barely put it into words. Everybody was made up fine, clad in their best clothes. Everyone seemed to be filled with an inner joy. After the marriage ceremony (done by the village director Bogo Goodbody in person) the fun began. Everywhere people were laughing and singing, eating and drinking (mother consequently kept me away from the beer cask), playing and dancing. Lilly was beaming all the time. As often as possible I was dancing with her. So I also avoided Primrose Burrows who obviously wanted to dance with me constantly. Finally I didn't want to become the laughing-stock of whole Whitefurrows: Primrose is a regular chatterbox and likes to exaggerate now and then. You see, I'm no good dancer and because of the beforementiones reasons I don't want to rub Primrose's nose in that! I never step on Lilly's toes: she is whirling so skilfully that nothing happens and everything looks like on purpose. We are almost famous for our dancing "style"…
Lilly and Bibo have been in the centre of attention of course – Lilly even more than her husband whi looked totally unfamiliar: instead of his normal rough cord trousers, the coarse linen and the leather apron he wore a tidy white shirt, a fragily embroidened waistcoat and blue trousers made of fine cloth. The hair on head and feet neatly brushed, the nails carefully cleaned and cut. His skin looked slightly red: probabyl he had scrubbed it for a long while to get rid of even the tiniest spot. He normally isn't a slob, too, but he only took care for his looks THAT much when his heritage aunt [A/N: hope ya know what I mean] comes for a visit…
Often he and Lilly were literally encircled by well-wishers. I, too, received some congratulations for my start of apprenticeship ("Already at that young age!", "Your parents must be really proud!" and so on) but I was gald that it weren'ttoo many. Because that was Lilly's evening and I didn't want to steal her a single moment! She looked so beautiful! She wore an almost ground-loung sandy-coloured dress mother and grandmother (grandfather had kept it for mother) had already worn on their weddings. It had long wide sleeves and except a sash in the same colour it wasn't trimmed and cut simply. It fitted like a glove (mum is a master at amending clothes). Lilly wore her hair like always open but there were wee blossoms in it. She was the perfect bride. As she also (almost9 always had been the perfect big sister.
I will stop now because Lilly and Bibo have arrived to get Lillys last stuff and I want to help them. And after that I have to set ready my stuff for tomorrow.
July 1st 1400
Dear companion,
at the moment I'm writing in a small room (which now will be my room) in Greencap's house in Hobbiton. Father has get me here today. I said good-bye to mum already at home. Greencap's wife Rosa has received me very friendly (*he* had been a bit grumpy – exactly as I remember him) and father could drive home without any worries. Rosa (she said I could call her by her first name even though we barely know each other) has helped me placing all my stuff in the small room and after that gave me a small tour through the village (at which she introduced me to some people we met). She believed "such a fine young Hobbit" like me (I wore some of my better clothes) should stay away from the "Ivy Bush" – has she talked with my mum? Now I'm back here in the house and soon I have to face the first dinner together with my instructor and his wife. How shall I behave?
July 2nd 1400
Dear companion,
I'm not very glad. Today was my first day in Greencap's joinery: I have done nothing than sweeping plane chips, lugging in heavy wood chunks and sorting emery papers. I indeed got shown everything in the two working rooms but I wasn't allowed to touch anything (besides broom, wood chunks and emery paper of course). I wasn't even to pass tools to old Greencap (at the moment he is working on a big table). Well, time comes with advice. Perhaps it will get better…
July 7th 1400
Dear companion,
unfortunately it didn't get better. Over the whole week I didn't do anything besides the beforementioned things. That really is no fun. I thought I should learn something here. I was already able to lug wood and stand pointlessly in the space before! After finishing work I helped Rosa where necessary. That had at least a sense…
I'm feeling really lonely. The people here talk so strange and although they are all pretty friendly I barely have contact to them. Thursday I was at Ruby's but she had (and has) barely time for me: Budo is really sick. But slowly he was on the way of improvement. Ruby is a really good nurse. When I had a bad flu at the age of 14 she had cured me within 2 weeks!
I miss the people from home: my parents, Lilly, Fosco, the other boys, lil'Hal – just all! Even ol'Ethel (- somehow…) although she constantly slandered my to my mum I would steal apples from her garden. But I have done that only once (of course she had to caught me then!). I have been only 6 then and wanted to impress Fosco and the other older boys. And impressed they were – that is to say by the way I could still walk upright after Ethel and later also my parents have well beaten my bottom. But since then Fosco and I are best friends. He was the only one to stand by me, all the others had run away as Ethel drew near. And if you knew Ethel you would know what an act of freindship Fosco did for me by that. We became practically unseperable. Although – now we ARE seperated. But at the farewell Fosco said he would follow. He has relatives in Bywater (his great-cousin owns the "Green Dragon"). Perhaps something could be done there…
~*~
So, that's enough! It's not much I know but I'm SO fed up with translating, sorry guys, more to follow soon (promise!).
Please don't forget to review! ::smiles::
Disclaimer (for ALL chappies): I don't known anything of the wonderful world and creatures and stuff Tolkien created. I just love it and my imagination has its fun with the stuff. The result of that playing can be read in my stories such as this one.
Begging for mercy: I don't have my English LotR volume here with me. I just have my dictionary so please be kind with my translation… Just one hint: I don't have English course anymore (btw I passed with "very good") so I have to work out eveything(grammar etc.) on my own with my VERY bad memory, so I'll probably even fail more than so far – just ignore it, ok?
So on I go.
Feel free to review.
Enjoy.
~*~
June 20th 1400
Dear companion,
when I told my parents about Greencap they were very surprised that I already had and have such concrete plans about my future. Well, so I'm not the good-for-nothing dreamer some of the adults in the village think I am…
Father is indeed a bit disappointed that I don't want to follow in his footsteps but also proud that I want to start my apprenticeship [A/N: nobody told me – BAH!] already at the age of 19. Today he went with me to Hobbiton. I took more carving works of me with me to show them old Greencap. He showed himself more or less impressed by them and made the offer to indeed take me into apprenticeship!!! I will live and learn at his place and depending on how I will do I would work at his later, too! Father has agreed. After the wedding of my sister, on July 1st I will begin. I'm so happy!!! I just doesn't know how to thank Ruby!!! But I will think of something… Immediately I had gone to her in Bywater and told her the great news and was happy with her together!
Back again at home we told Lilly and mother. Lilly was enthusiastic – mother less. She was indeed glad that I do "something reasonable" (as she put it) at last but also sad because within 3 days she has to let her both children out of the cave. It isn't that bad at all! Hobbiton isn't that far away and Lilly moves only into the village, to Bibo and his father (a nice house they have there…). They will meet on every market day and swap the newest gossip. And on many other days, too, because from the centre of the village to our hole it's only 15 minutes footpath. Anyway I am looking forward to that time – although, I'm also a bit frightened…
June 30th 1400
Dear companion,
I'm really proud of myself: Bibo can (to some extent) fluently read and readable write. 2 days before the end of the "deadline". He has mightily put out all the stops and practiced a lot. Lilly was endlessly glad about this "wedding present" and really thankful to me. No Bibo can even sign the wedding document properly…
Yesyes – the marriage! Everybody is excited. A whole lot of people is invited: all from Frogmorton and Whitefurrow. Additionally several relatives and friends from Micheldelving, Stock and some villages in the North Farthing. Lilly also has invited Ruby but yesterday the negative reply arrived: Budo feels worse and she can't go. Pity! Fosco and I were so looking forward to see her again. Because of all the preparations we had no time to visit her yet…
Here in the village it is like in a beestock (finally we don't have a marriage every day! And at the same time it's Overlithe!). Everybody is busy with preparations for the big feast on the East Meadow. Overnight stay places out of the (totally full) "Swimming Beam" are organised, tables and benches set up. Everywhere is baking and cooking. Mother makes a lot of her speciality: ham in bread dough – tasty! Hal's mother is cooking her wonderful veggie pies. Pity, it isn't time for mushrooms yet. And Mrs Highden…hm – what is she making??? – I will immediately stroll past hers and try to sniff it…
Overlithe 1400
Dear companion,
today is the day! Meine big sister marries!
It is still very early in the morning (about 4) and Lilly and I have set out for a small walk after we noticed that we both couldn't sleep anymore… We have talked about several things we have done together.
The morning has dawned ago and it is already quite bright. The cloudless sky promises a beautiful day. At the moment Lilly and I are sitting in front of the deserted house on The Isle (I have taken the bundled sheets with me – and it was absolutely right!) and just have read out some passages of my notes for her (of course I've let out the stuff about Bibo!). Now we're both just sitting, observing the brightening sky and each hang after our own thoughts: I still can't quite believe it: the day after tomorrow I, Milo Sandhill, the clumsiest boy in whole Frogmorton (until lil'Hal was born…), will start an apprenticeship as joiner. That is unbelievable! But from then on I also won't see my sister dailöy anymore. Never before we have been that far away from each other for more that 2 days! From our parents we have been (e.g. when we visited Uncle rufus and Aunt Gilly in Micheldelving), but not from each other… I believe Lilly is thinking the same at the moment because she looks so strangely at me. I would like to talk with her about everything and all but I dunno how to express… So I will stop writing and just hug her tightly. We always have understood best without words.
2nd Lithe 1400
Dear companion,
the feast was incredibly wonderful. I can barely put it into words. Everybody was made up fine, clad in their best clothes. Everyone seemed to be filled with an inner joy. After the marriage ceremony (done by the village director Bogo Goodbody in person) the fun began. Everywhere people were laughing and singing, eating and drinking (mother consequently kept me away from the beer cask), playing and dancing. Lilly was beaming all the time. As often as possible I was dancing with her. So I also avoided Primrose Burrows who obviously wanted to dance with me constantly. Finally I didn't want to become the laughing-stock of whole Whitefurrows: Primrose is a regular chatterbox and likes to exaggerate now and then. You see, I'm no good dancer and because of the beforementiones reasons I don't want to rub Primrose's nose in that! I never step on Lilly's toes: she is whirling so skilfully that nothing happens and everything looks like on purpose. We are almost famous for our dancing "style"…
Lilly and Bibo have been in the centre of attention of course – Lilly even more than her husband whi looked totally unfamiliar: instead of his normal rough cord trousers, the coarse linen and the leather apron he wore a tidy white shirt, a fragily embroidened waistcoat and blue trousers made of fine cloth. The hair on head and feet neatly brushed, the nails carefully cleaned and cut. His skin looked slightly red: probabyl he had scrubbed it for a long while to get rid of even the tiniest spot. He normally isn't a slob, too, but he only took care for his looks THAT much when his heritage aunt [A/N: hope ya know what I mean] comes for a visit…
Often he and Lilly were literally encircled by well-wishers. I, too, received some congratulations for my start of apprenticeship ("Already at that young age!", "Your parents must be really proud!" and so on) but I was gald that it weren'ttoo many. Because that was Lilly's evening and I didn't want to steal her a single moment! She looked so beautiful! She wore an almost ground-loung sandy-coloured dress mother and grandmother (grandfather had kept it for mother) had already worn on their weddings. It had long wide sleeves and except a sash in the same colour it wasn't trimmed and cut simply. It fitted like a glove (mum is a master at amending clothes). Lilly wore her hair like always open but there were wee blossoms in it. She was the perfect bride. As she also (almost9 always had been the perfect big sister.
I will stop now because Lilly and Bibo have arrived to get Lillys last stuff and I want to help them. And after that I have to set ready my stuff for tomorrow.
July 1st 1400
Dear companion,
at the moment I'm writing in a small room (which now will be my room) in Greencap's house in Hobbiton. Father has get me here today. I said good-bye to mum already at home. Greencap's wife Rosa has received me very friendly (*he* had been a bit grumpy – exactly as I remember him) and father could drive home without any worries. Rosa (she said I could call her by her first name even though we barely know each other) has helped me placing all my stuff in the small room and after that gave me a small tour through the village (at which she introduced me to some people we met). She believed "such a fine young Hobbit" like me (I wore some of my better clothes) should stay away from the "Ivy Bush" – has she talked with my mum? Now I'm back here in the house and soon I have to face the first dinner together with my instructor and his wife. How shall I behave?
July 2nd 1400
Dear companion,
I'm not very glad. Today was my first day in Greencap's joinery: I have done nothing than sweeping plane chips, lugging in heavy wood chunks and sorting emery papers. I indeed got shown everything in the two working rooms but I wasn't allowed to touch anything (besides broom, wood chunks and emery paper of course). I wasn't even to pass tools to old Greencap (at the moment he is working on a big table). Well, time comes with advice. Perhaps it will get better…
July 7th 1400
Dear companion,
unfortunately it didn't get better. Over the whole week I didn't do anything besides the beforementioned things. That really is no fun. I thought I should learn something here. I was already able to lug wood and stand pointlessly in the space before! After finishing work I helped Rosa where necessary. That had at least a sense…
I'm feeling really lonely. The people here talk so strange and although they are all pretty friendly I barely have contact to them. Thursday I was at Ruby's but she had (and has) barely time for me: Budo is really sick. But slowly he was on the way of improvement. Ruby is a really good nurse. When I had a bad flu at the age of 14 she had cured me within 2 weeks!
I miss the people from home: my parents, Lilly, Fosco, the other boys, lil'Hal – just all! Even ol'Ethel (- somehow…) although she constantly slandered my to my mum I would steal apples from her garden. But I have done that only once (of course she had to caught me then!). I have been only 6 then and wanted to impress Fosco and the other older boys. And impressed they were – that is to say by the way I could still walk upright after Ethel and later also my parents have well beaten my bottom. But since then Fosco and I are best friends. He was the only one to stand by me, all the others had run away as Ethel drew near. And if you knew Ethel you would know what an act of freindship Fosco did for me by that. We became practically unseperable. Although – now we ARE seperated. But at the farewell Fosco said he would follow. He has relatives in Bywater (his great-cousin owns the "Green Dragon"). Perhaps something could be done there…
~*~
So, that's enough! It's not much I know but I'm SO fed up with translating, sorry guys, more to follow soon (promise!).
Please don't forget to review! ::smiles::