Modern day Hobbits
"In the Real World"

Chapter 2

We last left our 4 young Hobbits in the streets of New York City. They had spent all of their money on 4 hot dogs. Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin look at the big city which sorrounds them.

"Mr. Frodo, where are we going to sleep?" Sam asks, feeling slightly uncomfortable after the hot dog incident.

"I don't know Sam" Frodo replies with a tone of tiredness in his voice.

"Ugh! I bet even Mordor is cleaner then this!" Pippin exclaims with disgust, picking a wad of gum off the underside of his foot.

"And I bet Mordor smells nicer." Merry grunts as a truck realeses a dark cloud from it's exhaust as it goes past them.

The 4 Hobbits make their way through the crowded streets, feeling out of place as the patrons look at them in curiousty.

As they stop at a curb, Pippin raises his arms in a stretch.

"*yawn* I'm tired!" he explains, but just as he puts his arms back down, a taxi pulls right in front of them.

"Er, that was weird." Sam says, touching the taxi slightly and jerking back as if the car burned him.

"I think it opens.." Merry says curiously, touching the silver handle and giving it a jerk.

The door swings open. The 4 look in it curiously, not noticing the man in the front seat.

"Hey, while I'm young!" The man jerkily says, making the Hobbits jump with surprise.

"Sorry sir!" Frodo says apologilictally, "It's just, we've never seen on before"

The man looks at Frodo curiously, "You've never seen a taxi cab before?"

The Hobbits shake their heads.

What will be the taxi drivers response? What will the Hobbits do? And will Pippin be able to take all this excitement in one day? Find out in the next chapter!