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Chapter 17 The House of Lembas
Legolas and Will were on their way back to Firthuliel's house. "He was nice." Legolas commented.
"Yes, quite right." Will said. "He builds highwayed bridges with walls."
"What?" Legolas asked very confused.
"See, people are lonely when they build walls instead of bridges, they are sad when they build bridges instead of walls, are happy when they build highways instead of roads, and succesful when they build highwayed bridges with walls." Will explained. "It was something I heard often as a child."
They rode the rest of the way back to the fort in silence. Legolas still was very confused about his bridges statements. When they got to the house, they saw the two extra horses eating lembas from the fort. They decided that since there were now four horses, a stable would have to be built. Will and Legolas went inside to get Orlando to help them.
Legolas opened the door to the kitchen and looked in shock at what he saw. Lembas was everywhere. It covered the counters, the table, and anything that could possibly hold lembas. Orlando was bent over in the oven. He popped up seconds later with yet a new tray of freshly baked lembas. He was really a sight to see. Flour was spotted on his face, he wore a chef's hat, and his apron said, "Kiss the cook." He set the tray down and turned off the oven. "Last batch. Finally, I'm done!" he exclaimed.
"Umm…why are there so many?" Legolas asked slowly. He didn't want to go near Orlando because he looked rather crazy at the moment.
"Oh, well, now I can finally take up my business that was rudely interrupted before." Orlando said as he glared at Legolas.
"What do you mean?" Will asked.
"I sell lembas on the black market." Orlando said happily. Legolas found out about it and has been blackmailing me for almost a year now. Now I can finally get back to my best employer. He buys a lot of lembas. So, I decided to be prepared."
"How are you going to send them?" Will asked.
"I wrap them up in leaves and put all of them in a big box. I leave the box in The Frog House overnight. The next morning, the box is gone and money is mailed to me later that week. I don't know who it is. Will you help me wrap them up?" Legolas said.
The three got to work, because the sooner they helped him, the sooner they could build the stable. And the sooner they built the stable, the sooner they could have some RUM!