PeachPawz: So can I!
Imbefaniel: Better get Thranduil to help! He has experience!
Caz-Baz: Thanks. I'm just as confused as you! Thranduil forgot to tell me how he got there until now! LOL
Hope everyone enjoys this chapter.
Ch 19 Down the garden path
After all the bedroom furniture, as well as the clothing, had been put back where they belonged, Legolas and Thranduil walked together in the gardens of Rivendell. "Ada, I'm glad to see you, I had forgotten you were headed to Rivendell to seek counsel from Lord Elrond."
"I must say," said Thranduil, "Estel can be very persuasive, as can Glorfindel. I don't remember having to work so hard as I did last night. I will always remember the look on your face when you awoke outside!"
Legolas could feel his face turn red as he thought of the maidens' laughter.
Thranduil turned and faced his son. "I heard about your.. er.. recent meeting with a, shall we say, certain elf maiden? Elrond could hardly tell me the story, he was laughing so hard. Tanya nae sai eiva. Remember-Uuma ma' ten' roshue, at tuluva a' lle."
Legolas laughed, and said, "Especially with the twins and Estel around. Somehow, the worst seems to come out when we are together."
Thranduil just gave his son a look that reminded the younger elf of the same look on Elrond's face when dealing with the twins. They walked down the path in comfortable silence.
As they neared a small garden, Thranduil turned to Legolas. "Mankai lle una tanya? Why did you put frogs, of all things, in his bath? I thought him to be a balrog killer, not a bullfrog killer."
Legolas started laughing uncontrollably. "I really don't have an answer. It just seemed the thing to do at the time. Also, the frogs were all I could conceal at the time." Both were laughing so hard, they had to sit down.
"By the way, I know the four of you were to go on a rather long picnic - two weeks, if memory serves. Mani marte?"
By now, Legolas was blushing again. Thranduil just waited patiently. He had already heard the story from Estel and Elrond, but was waiting to hear what his son had to say. It should prove interesting. Legolas told his Ada everything-including about the ale spilling out of the ground, his drinking it, and the stunts he pulled on Estel and Glorfindel. By the time he finished, Thranduil was laughing so hard, he had to stay sitting down, or else take the chance of falling down. Every time he thought of Estel, Glorfindel, and Fildor dressed as maidens, he couldn't help but laugh heartily.
"I certainly wish I could have been there. What a sight that must have been! I have never heard so much laughter in Rivendell for centuries," said Thranduil
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Just then, Estel and his brothers came down the path. They hailed the two elves, and came to sit with them. "Do you mind if we join you?" asked Elladan.
"Please, rest and join us," said Legolas.
Translations:
Tanya nae sai eiva: That was very funny
Uuma ma'ten' roshue, a' tuluva a' lle: Don't look for trouble, it will come to you. (My favorite)
Mankai lle una tanya: Why did you do that?
Mani marte?: What happened
