Chapter 5: What Will We Do?
Frodo: [wakes up but doesn't open his eyes] [shivers and snuggles closer to whoever is next to him]
[The movement wakes up the other Hobbits]
Merry: [sits up and rub his eyes sleepily]
Pippin: [sits up and stretches and yawns]
Frodo: [groans softly and tries to go back to sleep]
Sam: [yawns and opens his eyes] [gasps]
Frodo: [sits up] what's wrong, Sam? [opens his eyes and gasps as well]
Merry and Pippin: [open their eyes] [gasp and stare in amazement]
[The room is blurred by fog, but the distinct shapes of icebergs can be seen floating around]
Gimli: [sits up and opens his eyes] oh my…
Pippin: [amazed] what's happened?
Merry: [astounded] I…don't know.
Sam: [awed] some how the temperature must've reached the freezing point and now there are icebergs and fog.
Gimli and Hobbits minus Sam: [look at Sam in amazement]
Sam: [blushes]
Frodo: [worried] where could the others be?
Merry: [cups his hands over his mouth] BOROMIR!!!
Pippin: [cups his hands over his mouth] GANDALF!!!
Frodo: [mimics Merry and Pippin] ARAGORN!!!
Gimli: [imitates the Hobbits] LEGOLAS!!!
Hobbits: [give Gimli the death glare]
Merry: [makes as if to push Gimli off the couch]
Frodo, Pippin and Sam: [restrain him]
Aragorn: FRODO?!
Merry: [suddenly notices a flashlight that wasn't there before] hmm… [grabs it] Pip, look at this [shows him the flashlight]
Pippin: I wonder what it does… [sees the little switch and flicks it]
[A light shines out from the head of the flashlight]
Boromir: [yells] WE SEE A LIGHT! IS THAT YOU?
Sam: [notices the flashlight] [yells] YES! YES, IT'S US!
Gandalf: [yells] KEEP THE LIGHT ON!
Hobbits and Gimli: [stare into the fog until they see a large shadow floating towards them]
Legolas and Aragorn: [use their oars to row the inflatable raft towards the light]
[Soon the other group is face to face with the Hobbits and Gimli]
Gandalf: [relieved] Peregrin Took, I never thought I'd say this, but…I'm glad to see you.
Pippin: [happily] I'm glad to see you too, Gandalf.
Aragorn: [concerned] are all of you all right?
Hobbits and Gimli: [nod]
[There is a splash]
Fellowship: [turns towards the noise] [see another shadow looming towards them]
[The shadow comes closer and closer]
Merry: [shines the flashlight on the shadow] [amazed] it's the Purple Chickens!
Purple Chickens: [cluck at the Fellowship]
[The Purple Chickens are on the coffee table that they had been left on] [two Green Penguins are tied to the table and they're pulling it]
Pippin: [awed] and two of the Green Penguins!
Fellowship: [turn their attention back to each other]
Gimli: [curiously] where did you find that? [points to the raft]
Legolas: [curtly] we found it in a closet.
Pippin: [amazed] how did you manage to inflate it so quickly?
Gandalf: fool of a Took! We just pulled a cord and it inflated on its own!
Purple Chickens: [cluck as their table collides with the Hobbits' couch]
Green Penguins: [quickly gnaw the ropes that bind them to the coffee table and swim away]
Purple Chickens: [cluck angrily but see that there is no way to stop the Penguins] [turn to the couch] [are attracted by the color pink and climb onto it]
Sam: NO!
Purple Chickens: [peck at the couch] [poke holes in the couch]
Hobbits and Gimli: [scream as the couch begins to deflate]
Boromir: [grabs Merry and Pippin and pulls them onto the raft]
Aragorn: [grabs Frodo and Sam and pulls them onto the raft]
Legolas: [reluctantly grabs Gimli and pulls him onto the raft]
Gandalf: [quickly puts the Purple Chicknes back on their coffee table]
Purple Chickens: [cluck thankfully at Gandalf]
Gandalf: you're welcome.
Fellowship minus Gandalf: o.O
Gandalf: [looks at them] what? I speak Chicken!
[A long silence follows]
Pippin: [extremely worried] where's Kirby?
Fellowship minus Pippin: [suddenly worried too] [murmur anxiously]
Pippin: we have to find her!
Legolas and Aragorn: [take up their oars and start to row again]
Blue and Nana: [paddle their legs to keep themselves afloat] [sense something approaching and roar]
Gandalf: [roars back but in a friendly way]
[They soon find the two Blue Polar Bears, and there is someone sprawled on Blue's back]
Legolas: [horrified] Kirby!
Boromir and Aragorn: [gently lift Kirby from Blue's back and bring her onto the raft]
Nana: [nuzzles Kirby until she is out of her reach]
[Kirby's lips are almost blue with cold, and she is deathly pale]
Gandalf: [touches Kirby's cheek] [draws his hand back with a gasp] she's so cold…
Fellowship: [horrified]
Legolas: [reaches over and presses two fingers gently to the back of Kirby's neck] [sighs in relief] there's a pulse! It's very faint, but at least it's there.
Fellowship: [relieved]
Gandalf: [explains to Nana and Blue that Kirby is alive]
Blue and Nana: [roar happily]
Merry: hey, listen…
Eveyone: [fall silent and listen]
[The "Macarena" song can be heard]
Frodo: it must be that polka-dot macarena-dancing ants.
Pippin: how could they be dancing at a time like this?
Gimli: it's not only that, it's—
Everyone: [gives Gimil the death glare]
Gimli: [shuts up]
Sam: it sounds like it's coming from the roof…
[A thoughtful silence follows]
Aragorn: of course! The attic! Kirby must have an attic!
Fellowship minus Gimli: [murmurs in agreement]
Gandalf: [to Nana and Blue] roar roar roar roar roar roar roar? [translation: do you know where the attic is?]
Nana: roar; roar roar! [translation: yes; follow us!]
Nana and Blue: [swim away]
Gandalf: [gravely] follow them.
Legolas and Aragorn: [row after the Blue Polar Bears]
Nana and Blue: [stop at a wall and look back]
Legolas and Aragorn: [stop rowing]
Gandalf: roar roar roar roar roar? [translation: what do we do now?]
Blue: roar roar roar roar roar roar roar; roar roar roar roar roar [translation: you must follow us into the water; you will have to swim]
Gandalf: roar roar roar roar [translation: the Hobbits cannot swim]
Nana: roar roar roar roar roar roar [translation: they can ride on my back]
Fellowship: [watches this exchange in astonishment]
Gandalf: [turns to the others] we will have to swim to the attic.
Sam: [stutters] b-b-but M-Mister G-G-G-Gandalf, s-sir, w-we—
Gandalf: [snaps] I know you Hobbits cannot swim. I do wish you would let me finish Samwise! Nana has offered to let you ride on her back. Are you ok with that?
Hobbits: [nod]
Gandalf: all right then [turns back to Nana] roar roar roar roar roar [translation: they have accepted your offer]
Pippin: [worried] what about Kirby?
Gandalf: roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar? [translation: how will we get Kirby to the attic?]
Blue: roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar roar [translation: tie her hands around my neck and I will take her]
Gandalf: roar roar [translation: all right] [turns to the Fellowship] ok, here's the plan. The Hobbits will ride on Nana's back, and we will tie Kirby's hands around Blue's neck so he can take her, and the rest of us will swim.
Fellowship: [nods]
Boromir: just how will we tie Kirby's hands around Blue's neck? We don't have any rope.
Fellowship: [thinks]
Gimli: [quietly] I have rope.
Fellowship minus Gimli: [turn to Gimli]
Aragorn: will you let us use it?
Gimli: [nods] [reaches into his pockets and pulls out a small piece of rope] [hands it to Aragorn]
Aragorn: [gratefully] thank you Gimli.
Gimli: [gruffly] well, I still don't like her… [tone softens] but I don't dislike her enough to let her die.
Aragorn: [nods understandingly] [turns to Gandalf and holds the rope out to him]
Gandalf: [takes the rope]
Aragorn, Boromir and Legolas: [carefully lift Kirby and set her down gently on Blue's back]
[Kirby's arms hang loosely about Blue's neck]
Gandalf: [ties the rope around Kirby's wrists, not too tightly, but not too loosely either]
Hobbits: [clamber onto Nana's back]
Frodo: [sits in front and grabs on tight to Nana]
Sam: [sits behind Frodo and puts his arms around Frodo's stomach]
Merry: [sits behind Sam and puts his arms around Sam's stomach]
Pippin: [sits behind Merry and puts his arms around Merry's stomach]
Nana: [nuzzles Kirby, but is careful with the Hobbits]
Legolas: [is the first to get up his courage] [slips off the raft but hangs on to the side]
Gandalf: [does the same as Legolas]
Aragorn: [does the same as Legolas]
Boromir: [does the same as Legolas]
Gimli: [hesitates, but then does the same as Legolas]
Blue: roar roar [translation: follow me] [dips under the water and swims]
Nana: [dips under the water and follows Blue]
All Who Are Not Riding Blue Polar Bears: [follow the Blue Polar Bears] [soon see that what seemed to be a wall is actually a doorway, and not just any doorway but the doorway to Kirby's room]
Blue: [swims through the room and to a closet, where he surfaces]
Nana: [surfaces in the closet]
Hobbits: [gasp for breath]
Those Who Are Not On The Bears: [surface in the closet and see that there is a small stairway that leads to a small door on the roof]
Gimli: [awed] the Attic of Kirby's House.
Blue Polar Bears and Fellowship minus Gimli: o.O
Gimli: [embarrassed]
Blue: [scrambles onto the stairs and lumbers up into the attic]
Nana: [follows Blue]
Non-Bear People: [glance at each other]
Gandalf: let's go.
Non-Bear People: [climb up the stairs and through the door]
