=My own experience with Lord Of The Rings=

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Chapter 37:

More Exercise!

From that point on, it was running as fast as we could. Chi and I made it almost as well as the others, since we had been practicing and all, but Ki had to be carried. There was no one to do it but myself, because no one gave it another thought.

"Give him to me." Sam said, trying to grab Ki away from me. I twirled away from Sam.

"You're carrying too much already, you fool!" I said, "Aragorn! Carry him!" I shouted, practically falling over in the process of trying to catch up to him. Aragorn took him, without a thought and we ran as hard as we could. I could feel my legs and feet cramping. I couldn't get any air. It felt like I was going to die.

"Lothlorien! Lothlorien!" Legolas said as we slowed to a walk, "We have come under the eaves of the golden wood. Alas that it is winter!"

"I… (pant)… don't really care…..(wheeze)… what time of year it is." I gasped for air. All of us were panting terribly, except for Ki and Legolas. Ki, because he had been carried, Legolas because he was an Elf.

"Lothlorien!" said Aragorn, "Glad I am to hear again the wind in the trees! We are still little more than five leagues from the Gates, but we can go no further. Here let us hope that the virtue of the Elves will keep is tonight from the peril that comes behind."

"You talk too much." Chi said, "And I should know."

After we had walked a mile or so, we came to a stream.

"Here is Nimrodel!" said Legolas, "Of this stream the Silvan Elves made many songs long ago, and we still sing them in the North, remembering the rainbow on its falls, and the golden flowers that floated in its foam. All is dark now and the Bridge of Nimrodel is broken down. I will bathe my feet, for it is said that the water is healing to the weary." He went foreword and climbed down the bank and stepped into the stream.

"Follow me!" He cried, "The water is not deep. Let us wade across! On the further bank we can rest, and the sound of the falling water may bring us sleep and forgetfulness of grief."

"You talk too much too." Chi said, as we followed him.

"You can put him down now, Aragorn." I said to Aragorn when we reached the other side of the shore. He looked at me with a strange expression, almost confused.

"Why am I carrying your brother?" He asked me. I patted him on the shoulder.

"Because you're a nice person." I said sarcastically, "Ki, stay close to Chi. We never know when some evil is going to show up. I'm going to fill some bottles with that water, just in case we need it later."

"Where did you get bottles?" Ki asked me as he went to go sit by Chi.

"Pop bottles!" I grinned, showing him a 7-up bottle. Then I went and filled it with water.

When I had filled the bottles up with water and everyone had rested, we started to walk through the wood again.

"Stay close, young Hobbits. In these woods reside a great sorceress. An Elf witch with an evil power that all who look upon her are ensnared in her spell, and they are never seen again." Gimli warned. I didn't care in the least, except that Legolas was looking kind of perturbed.

"What is it?" I asked, quietly, rushing up to him. He was listening and I didn't want to bother him too much. He raised a hand, as if to silence me. I could still hear Gimli behind me.

"Well, this is one Dwarf that she won't ensnare. I have the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox..." He was cut off as he noticed that we were surrounded by Elves, all with their bows drawn. Of course, Legolas had his drawn as well.

"Your Dwarf breaths so loud that we could have shot him in the dark." The head elf said. I glared at him. I doubted that he was panting any louder than Chi or I were. So, indirectly, we were being insulted as well.

"I burned down the malt shop, where we used to go, just because it reminds me of you…" Chi sang as we started walking along with the Elves, as their prisoners.

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References:

Seven-up belongs to the manufacturers and not me, as stated above

Weird Al, is what Chi happened to be singing just then

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