~~I'm so tired and my hand aches and I'm hungry and I'm bored. It's not so
much fun as yesterday and the boys have all given up singing. I wonder if
this is how all adventurers feel after a quest. Maybe it's why Uncle Frodo
left, because he felt the whole point of the thing was over with and all
that was left was the pain. And oh but it hurts. It's all swollen up where
that horrid fox bit it. Well I know it's still miles to go, but I've got to
say something or I'll burst.~~
"Are we nearly there yet Farry?"
"No, not halfway."
~~Silly girl, has she no idea of geography? Still I suppose I shouldn't have snapped like that, but my leg hurts and I'm tired and it looks like it's going to rain. I wonder whether the shield is really what I think it is. Oh bother the shield, it's so heavy. I'd ask Merry to carry it but he looks so miserable and tired and worried. Perhaps he thinks he'll get in trouble because Goldie got bitten. Anyway I don't want them all to think I can't keep up. I want to show them I can walk, even if it's a stupid funny looking walk.~~
"Merry, it's raining."
"Yes Theo, I can see that."
"But we're miles from home."
"We'll just have to walk quickly then won't we."
~~It's clouded over real dark all of a sudden. I think we're in for a proper downpour and there's still an hour or so to walk. My eyes hurt from tiredness now. I didn't sleep at all last night I don't think. Every time I nodded off I could see that fox, looking at me, so terrified and wild and beautiful and doomed. I betrayed it, killed it as I looked into its eyes. Yes, the rain's come on heavy now and Theo's starting to sniffle. He's only little, maybe it wasn't so sensible to bring him with us. Farry doesn't complain but he's limping more than yesterday and I'm loathe to make everyone speed up because it'll only remind him that he can't run. Oh great, now Pippin and Goldie are arguing.~~
"You splashed me. You splashed me on purpose."
"Did not, anyway you're soaking wet already, what's some puddle water matter?"
"It's muddy Pippin and now my dress is all muddy."
~~ And when I get home it'll be all 'oh Goldie, can't you be more ladylike, more like Elanor?' Drat it. It's not fair, I mean no one would go off on an adventure in a white dress by choice. Except Gandalf maybe, only even he didn't start out in white but sensible grey and anyway that was wizards' robes, not a stupid frilly dress his mother made him wear.~~
"Let's sing a song."
"Good idea Pippin, that'll lift our spirits."
"Splish, splash, splosh, splash Raindrops falling all around me Muddy sisters get all dirty.
Argh!"
~~Crumbs, she can be vicious my little sister.~~
"Can't the two of you behave like civilised hobbits?"
"Shut up Merry. You're such a boring grown-up these days."
~~Everyone's shouting and it's horrible and I just want to get home and I hate walking and it's not fair and it's stupid and I'm cold and wet and tired and hungry.~~
"Shush Theo, don't cry, look we're nearly there. Just over that hill we'll be able to see the chimneys of my home and there'll be a warm bath and supper."
~~Thank goodness~~ ~~Hurrah~~ ~~Mmm, bath, warm, sleep~~ ~~At last~~ ~~Home~~
"Are we nearly there yet Farry?"
"No, not halfway."
~~Silly girl, has she no idea of geography? Still I suppose I shouldn't have snapped like that, but my leg hurts and I'm tired and it looks like it's going to rain. I wonder whether the shield is really what I think it is. Oh bother the shield, it's so heavy. I'd ask Merry to carry it but he looks so miserable and tired and worried. Perhaps he thinks he'll get in trouble because Goldie got bitten. Anyway I don't want them all to think I can't keep up. I want to show them I can walk, even if it's a stupid funny looking walk.~~
"Merry, it's raining."
"Yes Theo, I can see that."
"But we're miles from home."
"We'll just have to walk quickly then won't we."
~~It's clouded over real dark all of a sudden. I think we're in for a proper downpour and there's still an hour or so to walk. My eyes hurt from tiredness now. I didn't sleep at all last night I don't think. Every time I nodded off I could see that fox, looking at me, so terrified and wild and beautiful and doomed. I betrayed it, killed it as I looked into its eyes. Yes, the rain's come on heavy now and Theo's starting to sniffle. He's only little, maybe it wasn't so sensible to bring him with us. Farry doesn't complain but he's limping more than yesterday and I'm loathe to make everyone speed up because it'll only remind him that he can't run. Oh great, now Pippin and Goldie are arguing.~~
"You splashed me. You splashed me on purpose."
"Did not, anyway you're soaking wet already, what's some puddle water matter?"
"It's muddy Pippin and now my dress is all muddy."
~~ And when I get home it'll be all 'oh Goldie, can't you be more ladylike, more like Elanor?' Drat it. It's not fair, I mean no one would go off on an adventure in a white dress by choice. Except Gandalf maybe, only even he didn't start out in white but sensible grey and anyway that was wizards' robes, not a stupid frilly dress his mother made him wear.~~
"Let's sing a song."
"Good idea Pippin, that'll lift our spirits."
"Splish, splash, splosh, splash Raindrops falling all around me Muddy sisters get all dirty.
Argh!"
~~Crumbs, she can be vicious my little sister.~~
"Can't the two of you behave like civilised hobbits?"
"Shut up Merry. You're such a boring grown-up these days."
~~Everyone's shouting and it's horrible and I just want to get home and I hate walking and it's not fair and it's stupid and I'm cold and wet and tired and hungry.~~
"Shush Theo, don't cry, look we're nearly there. Just over that hill we'll be able to see the chimneys of my home and there'll be a warm bath and supper."
~~Thank goodness~~ ~~Hurrah~~ ~~Mmm, bath, warm, sleep~~ ~~At last~~ ~~Home~~
