DISCLAIMER: Not Mine. All credit goes to Mr Tolkien
What Did You Say?
Frodo was just having a bad day. Nothing was going right. First he had fallen into a stream they had been crossing and gotten thoroughly soaked. Then he had tripped smacking his head against a tree branch leaving a painful knot on his forehead. And now to make matters worse he had just dropped his plate into the dirt. Frodo angrily hissed under his breath in elvish.
Across the fire Legolas choked on his water.
Frodo's eyes widened and his ears burned. He had forgotten about the elf's sharp hearing.
Boromir was patting the elf vigorously on the back as Legolas fought between choking and laughing. "Where, did, you learn that?" Legolas questioned raising a slim brow.
Pippin who had been watching the proceedings eagerly asked, "what did he say? What did he say?"
"Don't worry about it," the elf replied before turning back to Frodo. "Frodo?"
"Uncle Bilbo said it," Frodo answered a little defensively, "when he and the Gaffer had all of that homebrew."
"I take it your Uncle was quite inebriated?" Legoas questioned. At Frodo's nod he continued. "Do you know what the correct translation for that is?"
"I thought it meant," here Frodo switched to elvish.
Legolas arched an eyebrow replying in elvish.
Frodo felt a little green.
"Legolas!" Gandalf's voice was sharp as he and Strider entered the camp. "Just what are you teaching them?"
Strider looked at his friend warily. "I haven't heard you say something like that since our hunt in the ruins, thirty years ago."
Pippen couldn't stand it any longer bouncing eagerly on the balls of his feet. "What did he SAY?"
"I wasn't teaching it to him." Legolas defended himself. He softly repeated what Frodo had said.
The two looked in shock at the hobbit. "Such language Master Baggins," Gandalf adomished. "Where ever did you learn that?"
Frodo lips twisted in amusement as he looked at the wizard. "Uncle Bilbo said he hear YOU say it on the way to the lonely mountain."
Gandalf's lips thinned at the anouncement. Legolas and Strider turned accusing glares at the wizard. "Well yes but I was under a bit of stress at the time." Gandalf amended. "That is not to be said in polite company."
Frodo grinned openly this time. "Bilbo said, you said it, when you stubbed your toe."
What Did You Say?
Frodo was just having a bad day. Nothing was going right. First he had fallen into a stream they had been crossing and gotten thoroughly soaked. Then he had tripped smacking his head against a tree branch leaving a painful knot on his forehead. And now to make matters worse he had just dropped his plate into the dirt. Frodo angrily hissed under his breath in elvish.
Across the fire Legolas choked on his water.
Frodo's eyes widened and his ears burned. He had forgotten about the elf's sharp hearing.
Boromir was patting the elf vigorously on the back as Legolas fought between choking and laughing. "Where, did, you learn that?" Legolas questioned raising a slim brow.
Pippin who had been watching the proceedings eagerly asked, "what did he say? What did he say?"
"Don't worry about it," the elf replied before turning back to Frodo. "Frodo?"
"Uncle Bilbo said it," Frodo answered a little defensively, "when he and the Gaffer had all of that homebrew."
"I take it your Uncle was quite inebriated?" Legoas questioned. At Frodo's nod he continued. "Do you know what the correct translation for that is?"
"I thought it meant," here Frodo switched to elvish.
Legolas arched an eyebrow replying in elvish.
Frodo felt a little green.
"Legolas!" Gandalf's voice was sharp as he and Strider entered the camp. "Just what are you teaching them?"
Strider looked at his friend warily. "I haven't heard you say something like that since our hunt in the ruins, thirty years ago."
Pippen couldn't stand it any longer bouncing eagerly on the balls of his feet. "What did he SAY?"
"I wasn't teaching it to him." Legolas defended himself. He softly repeated what Frodo had said.
The two looked in shock at the hobbit. "Such language Master Baggins," Gandalf adomished. "Where ever did you learn that?"
Frodo lips twisted in amusement as he looked at the wizard. "Uncle Bilbo said he hear YOU say it on the way to the lonely mountain."
Gandalf's lips thinned at the anouncement. Legolas and Strider turned accusing glares at the wizard. "Well yes but I was under a bit of stress at the time." Gandalf amended. "That is not to be said in polite company."
Frodo grinned openly this time. "Bilbo said, you said it, when you stubbed your toe."
