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Authors Note:

Yes, this is an evil author's note! Mwahahaha. But, it must be written because I've got a couple of thing to say.

One, I'm going to discontinue this story because I've simply lost interest in writing it. I'm ashamed of myself, I only wrote one chapter. Now I know that from now on I'm going to write out at least the first couple chapters of new stories before posting them. I'm thinking of just removing the story and reposting it if I ever gain interest in finishing it. I did have the plot all thought out.

Two, I realized I made a big mistake in the ages of Frodo and Merry. (I told you I didn't know how old Merry was...hehe. I'm such a lazy bum.) I needed an age were Frodo was a tween, but not yet adopted by Bilbo, and Merry was almost a tween, maybe a little younger. So, if I ever continue the story the ages of Frodo will be changed. Frodo would be 19 and Merry would be somewhere between 10 and 15 I think.. I did go and figure out how old Merry is according to Tolkein. In the book if Frodo were 19 Merry would only be 5, but that's much too young to learn how to steal pies, so according to me Merry is now older. I'm assuming that at the age 19 Frodo is not yet adopted by Bilbo.

Sorry about all that. And thank you Natta and Firiel for pointing my mistake out to me. I feel really stupid.

-Rain

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