- I put the dinner off until the next chapter because I was having too much fun with the sandcastle. Thank you everyone for reviewing!
- The jellyfish at the end and what the twins do and use to make their sandcastle I took from some of my own experiences.
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Chapter 4: Jellyfish
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Gil Galad made Elrond some tea, which he tasted with a look of disgust.
"Do I have to finish it?"
"Yes. You can't help your brother with his sandcastle until you do."
Elrond looked carefully into his cup and made a face. After a moment, with one hand he pinched his nose and with the other he brought the cup up to his lips. Quickly, he drank it and at once began to fuss.
"Oh Elrond, it's not that bad!"
"Yes it is!"
Gil Galad sighed. "Will a caramel make you feel better?"
Elrond nodded with his face still scrunched up.
Gil Galad opened one of the many drawers in the room, but all he found was extra cloths. He looked through a few more drawers and eventually took out the sweet tasting candy his son wanted.
He held out his hand before the fussing child. "Open your eyes and you will find a big surprise."
Elrond carefully opened one eye and then another. "Oooo." His gray eyes grew wide at the little treat resting in his father's hand. He slowly picked it up and starred at it for a moment before popping it into his mouth with a smile.
Gil Galad took Elrond's small hand in his. "Let's go down to your brother now."
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Elros sat in the sand, with the tip of his tongue peeking slightly through his rosy lips, pounding the wet sand into his pail. Once the pail was full, he picked it up and carefully placed it on the mound that was his island.
Cirdan looked up from where he was digging around the base of the island. "Amazing Master Elros. You can call it 'the single tower palace'!" He said with a smirk.
Elros gave him a look and then ran up the beach to his brother and father.
"Come! Come! Come!" Elros jumped up and down excitedly, taking their hands and dragging them to his sandcastle. When they got to it, he pointed excitedly.
Elrond slightly tilted his head. "What is it?" He asked curiously.
Elros sighed and shook his head. "Can't you see? It's a great big palace on an island!"
Elrond raised a tiny slender eyebrow.
"Well it will be!" Elros protested. "And I'm its king!"
"Well then king Elros," Gil Galad looked amusedly at his son, "how would you like us to help?"
"'Rond can help me with the palace, and Ada, you can help Cirdan." Elros picked up one of his many pails and handed it to his equally excited brother, who had completely forgotten his book.
The twins plopped themselves onto the warm sand, while the adults sat down and watched. They were curious to see what the twins would create without their help.
Elrond finished filling his pail and went to gently place it next to the only tower. "Cirdan?"
"Yes master Elrond?"
"You didn't finish digging out the island."
"You do it. You'll have more fun that I would."
"Okay!" Elrond ran over to the wooden crate and took out a very large scoop.
Cirdan and Gil Galad were in the middle of a conversation when they felt sand hitting them. They looked up to see Elrond using all of his eight year old might to dig out the island, which resulted in him throwing the sand onto the adults.
"Elrond!" Gil Galad called.
"Yes Ada?" Elrond answered not looking up from his work.
Gil Galad ducked his head just in time to avoid getting pelted in the face by the flying sand. "I think the island is dug out enough!"
Elrond stopped and looked at his work. "Oh. I guess it is." He put his scoop down and walked over to the shoreline to gather some seaweed to put along the base of the island.
He kneeled and looked around him. There was something there that he had never seen before. It looked like a round, clear blob of jelly.
Elrond turned around. "Ada!"
"Yes Elrond?"
Elrond looked down at his discovery. "There's a... a thingy here."
Gil Galad stood up and headed towards his son. "A thingy?"
"Uh huh. And I don't know what it is."
Elrond turned his head to Gil Galad who was kneeling beside him.
"That's a jellyfish."
"Oh. Why isn't it in the water?"
"The sea washed it up."
"Oh."
Elros ran up to them, closely followed by Cirdan. "What did you find 'Rond?"
"A dead jellyfish." Elrond looked close to tears.
Gil Galad wrapped his arms around him. "There's no need to cry."
"Make it better!"
"I can't." Gil Galad rubbed the child's back. "Elros don't touch it!"
Elros stood up, took Cirdan's hand, and went back to work on his castle.
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The sandcastle was now finished, and the four Elves were admiring their work. The tide was just coming in, when all of a sudden, the strong waves collapsed the towers of the palace and crushed the island, washing it all up and into the sea.
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TBC
- The jellyfish at the end and what the twins do and use to make their sandcastle I took from some of my own experiences.
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Chapter 4: Jellyfish
*****
Gil Galad made Elrond some tea, which he tasted with a look of disgust.
"Do I have to finish it?"
"Yes. You can't help your brother with his sandcastle until you do."
Elrond looked carefully into his cup and made a face. After a moment, with one hand he pinched his nose and with the other he brought the cup up to his lips. Quickly, he drank it and at once began to fuss.
"Oh Elrond, it's not that bad!"
"Yes it is!"
Gil Galad sighed. "Will a caramel make you feel better?"
Elrond nodded with his face still scrunched up.
Gil Galad opened one of the many drawers in the room, but all he found was extra cloths. He looked through a few more drawers and eventually took out the sweet tasting candy his son wanted.
He held out his hand before the fussing child. "Open your eyes and you will find a big surprise."
Elrond carefully opened one eye and then another. "Oooo." His gray eyes grew wide at the little treat resting in his father's hand. He slowly picked it up and starred at it for a moment before popping it into his mouth with a smile.
Gil Galad took Elrond's small hand in his. "Let's go down to your brother now."
*****
Elros sat in the sand, with the tip of his tongue peeking slightly through his rosy lips, pounding the wet sand into his pail. Once the pail was full, he picked it up and carefully placed it on the mound that was his island.
Cirdan looked up from where he was digging around the base of the island. "Amazing Master Elros. You can call it 'the single tower palace'!" He said with a smirk.
Elros gave him a look and then ran up the beach to his brother and father.
"Come! Come! Come!" Elros jumped up and down excitedly, taking their hands and dragging them to his sandcastle. When they got to it, he pointed excitedly.
Elrond slightly tilted his head. "What is it?" He asked curiously.
Elros sighed and shook his head. "Can't you see? It's a great big palace on an island!"
Elrond raised a tiny slender eyebrow.
"Well it will be!" Elros protested. "And I'm its king!"
"Well then king Elros," Gil Galad looked amusedly at his son, "how would you like us to help?"
"'Rond can help me with the palace, and Ada, you can help Cirdan." Elros picked up one of his many pails and handed it to his equally excited brother, who had completely forgotten his book.
The twins plopped themselves onto the warm sand, while the adults sat down and watched. They were curious to see what the twins would create without their help.
Elrond finished filling his pail and went to gently place it next to the only tower. "Cirdan?"
"Yes master Elrond?"
"You didn't finish digging out the island."
"You do it. You'll have more fun that I would."
"Okay!" Elrond ran over to the wooden crate and took out a very large scoop.
Cirdan and Gil Galad were in the middle of a conversation when they felt sand hitting them. They looked up to see Elrond using all of his eight year old might to dig out the island, which resulted in him throwing the sand onto the adults.
"Elrond!" Gil Galad called.
"Yes Ada?" Elrond answered not looking up from his work.
Gil Galad ducked his head just in time to avoid getting pelted in the face by the flying sand. "I think the island is dug out enough!"
Elrond stopped and looked at his work. "Oh. I guess it is." He put his scoop down and walked over to the shoreline to gather some seaweed to put along the base of the island.
He kneeled and looked around him. There was something there that he had never seen before. It looked like a round, clear blob of jelly.
Elrond turned around. "Ada!"
"Yes Elrond?"
Elrond looked down at his discovery. "There's a... a thingy here."
Gil Galad stood up and headed towards his son. "A thingy?"
"Uh huh. And I don't know what it is."
Elrond turned his head to Gil Galad who was kneeling beside him.
"That's a jellyfish."
"Oh. Why isn't it in the water?"
"The sea washed it up."
"Oh."
Elros ran up to them, closely followed by Cirdan. "What did you find 'Rond?"
"A dead jellyfish." Elrond looked close to tears.
Gil Galad wrapped his arms around him. "There's no need to cry."
"Make it better!"
"I can't." Gil Galad rubbed the child's back. "Elros don't touch it!"
Elros stood up, took Cirdan's hand, and went back to work on his castle.
****
The sandcastle was now finished, and the four Elves were admiring their work. The tide was just coming in, when all of a sudden, the strong waves collapsed the towers of the palace and crushed the island, washing it all up and into the sea.
*****
TBC