A/N: Okay I am well aware of what a disclaimer is, it is simply a public disavowal of claims or pretensions. Secondly the Tolkien family is more than welcome to come and sue a sixteen year old if they would like, I think I have fifty bucks they can have, but seeing as they have not requested that their stories not be used such as Anne Rice and Lurlene McDaniel I find the whole purpose of legal disclaimers time wasting. Btw, for some reason fanfiction will no longer take my html files so once I fix it I'll try and put these up in a better format

The One Ring is Stolen by a Squirrel -Part 8

Frodo and Sam looked about for any food the Squirrel might like. Unfortunately all they found was the acorn that had struck Sam upon the head.

They placed it carefully on a rock and waited for the squirrel to come. Five minutes in, Frodo began to have serious doubts as the whether the squirrel would come down to retrieve one acorn. After all he wasn't that big, how much could he eat?

But he was roughly nudged by Sam to see that the acorn was slowly moving up the tree by itself-or so it seemed. Sam began to quietly sneak over to the squirrel that was still scurrying up the tree.

Frodo watched and noticed that the squirrel had suddenly stopped and before Frodo could warn Sam the squirrel jumped on his head and hit him with the acorn. Sam tried to grab the annoying critter but it dashed away up the tree.

For a moment neither one knew what to say. They simply looked at each other, but Frodo could not take it much longer. He burst out laughing.

"Well Sam, I guess that squirrel showed you."

"Ah come on Mr. Frodo it wasn't that funny."

"Oh Sam, you should have seen yourself."

"Now come on Mr. Frodo. We have work to do"

"Alright Sam, I guess you should shimmy up the tree and see if you can catch him up there, but watch out he'll probably have more acorns."

"Now Mr. Frodo, that's enough, you'll hurt my feelings with your talk like that."

"I'm sorry Sam, come on lets stand guard by this tree, if anything moves we go after it."

The pair sat down upon the rock and prepared to wait for the squirrel to make his move.