A/N:~ I do not own Legolas
Nat teaches the elves cricket
CHAPTER1
"Everybody!" Nat called, "I'm going to teach you how to play cricket!" Jennie, Heawood and Steph groaned, but the elves gave excited squeaks and chattered excitedly. "Why are they all so excited?" Steph hissed, looking round alarmed at all of the happy elves. "Nat told them that it was really fun," Heawood whispered back, "I think they think that something magical will happen if they hit the ball a few feet in the air,"
"This is going to be fun," Jennie chuckled.
"Now, now!" cried Nat, banging her limited edition Michael Vaughan bat on the ground. The elves stopped chattering at once and gazed at her, waiting for something to happen. Nat cleared her throat, "ahem" she began. "Now, this limited edition Michael Vaughan bat which I am holding is very special. It is called a bat. Erm. you use it to hit the ball in the air. Yes?" she said as an elf in the front row raised his hand.
"Lady Natalie, do we all get a special limited edition Michael Vaughan bat, just like yours?"
"No", Nat said importantly, "only I get one of these bats. Anyway, this thing is called a ball" she said picking up the round object on the floor. The elves were looking confused.
"Nat," Jennie whispered loudly, "that's an apple, the ball is here," Nat looked at the green apple in her left hand and smiled sheepishly.
"Oh yeah, erm.sorry everyone. Jen, do you have the ball then?" Jennie threw her the ball. Nat reached out with her left hand and moved expertly towards it, but the ball sailed past her hand and hit her on the forehead. "Ouch!" she cursed loudly; she hesitated as she saw her expectant elf audience. Jennie, Heawood and Steph laughed quietly. "That was supposed to happen!" Nat assured everyone, "I was only demonstrating how not to catch the ball, yeah that was it. What you just saw was how not to catch the ball." She cleared her throat again and laughed nervously. She picked up the cricket ball and held it away from her. "Right now, I mean, this is a cricket ball". The elves gasped at the red ball in her hand. Nat beamed to them all and puffed her chest out importantly. "Ahem. Allow me to demonstrate. You throw the ball like this," she threw it into the air, "and you catch it like this" Nat reached out towards the cricket ball, and as it smacked into her hands, she let out a muffled 'ouch' but faced the awaiting elves with a satisfied smile on her face. "You see that? That was how to catch the ball, like that, what I just did, see? That is how you catch it, like what I just did. Wasn't it cool? You see, you do it like that. You hold out your hands and bring it towards you as you catch it, then it is easier like that and you can catch it better. But I'm not expecting you to catch it straight away. oh no! It took me a very long time before I could catch like I can now. And can't I catch well? I mean-" Nat broke off as Heawood gave a little warning cough. "Oh, well, anyway. That was how to catch the ball, like what I just did. Understood?"
The elves nodded, but a few looked a little scared about getting bruises on their foreheads if they didn't catch the ball. "Erm.what next? Oh yes, how to hit the ball. Jen, could you bowl the ball for me?" Jennie stood up and prepared to bowl the ball to Nat. "Well, you hold the bat like this." Nat banged the bat on the floor, making the elves jump. "You hold it like this." The elves paid rapt attention as they watched her. "Then you look forward as the bowler bowls." The elves' eyes were fixed on the bat as Jennie did an underarm throw to Nat.
"And then you HIT IT!" she cried, swinging the bat wildly in the air. The ball slammed onto the cricket bat, sailed over their heads and hit Lord Elrond on the head as he was coming out of his house to join in. But, no- one had noticed because this was all a few miles away, and no-one could see that far because there were many bushes in the way.
"This is hell!" Steph complained loudly. The elves began to tell her off.
"It's brilliant" they cried.
Nat smiled, with a look of pure satisfaction on her face, "if you don't like it." she said in her biggest voice, "Then I suggest you leave."
Everyone looked round at Steph. Steph frowned and said, "OK, then. See you all later if you aren't all dead." Then she got up and walked off. The elves were eager to continue, "Please carry on, Lady Natalie!" they demanded, "can you show us how to hit the ball again?"
Nat smiled, and trying to be modest said, "OK then, it was rather a good hit wasn't it? Jen, can you bowl again?"
Nat teaches the elves cricket
CHAPTER1
"Everybody!" Nat called, "I'm going to teach you how to play cricket!" Jennie, Heawood and Steph groaned, but the elves gave excited squeaks and chattered excitedly. "Why are they all so excited?" Steph hissed, looking round alarmed at all of the happy elves. "Nat told them that it was really fun," Heawood whispered back, "I think they think that something magical will happen if they hit the ball a few feet in the air,"
"This is going to be fun," Jennie chuckled.
"Now, now!" cried Nat, banging her limited edition Michael Vaughan bat on the ground. The elves stopped chattering at once and gazed at her, waiting for something to happen. Nat cleared her throat, "ahem" she began. "Now, this limited edition Michael Vaughan bat which I am holding is very special. It is called a bat. Erm. you use it to hit the ball in the air. Yes?" she said as an elf in the front row raised his hand.
"Lady Natalie, do we all get a special limited edition Michael Vaughan bat, just like yours?"
"No", Nat said importantly, "only I get one of these bats. Anyway, this thing is called a ball" she said picking up the round object on the floor. The elves were looking confused.
"Nat," Jennie whispered loudly, "that's an apple, the ball is here," Nat looked at the green apple in her left hand and smiled sheepishly.
"Oh yeah, erm.sorry everyone. Jen, do you have the ball then?" Jennie threw her the ball. Nat reached out with her left hand and moved expertly towards it, but the ball sailed past her hand and hit her on the forehead. "Ouch!" she cursed loudly; she hesitated as she saw her expectant elf audience. Jennie, Heawood and Steph laughed quietly. "That was supposed to happen!" Nat assured everyone, "I was only demonstrating how not to catch the ball, yeah that was it. What you just saw was how not to catch the ball." She cleared her throat again and laughed nervously. She picked up the cricket ball and held it away from her. "Right now, I mean, this is a cricket ball". The elves gasped at the red ball in her hand. Nat beamed to them all and puffed her chest out importantly. "Ahem. Allow me to demonstrate. You throw the ball like this," she threw it into the air, "and you catch it like this" Nat reached out towards the cricket ball, and as it smacked into her hands, she let out a muffled 'ouch' but faced the awaiting elves with a satisfied smile on her face. "You see that? That was how to catch the ball, like that, what I just did, see? That is how you catch it, like what I just did. Wasn't it cool? You see, you do it like that. You hold out your hands and bring it towards you as you catch it, then it is easier like that and you can catch it better. But I'm not expecting you to catch it straight away. oh no! It took me a very long time before I could catch like I can now. And can't I catch well? I mean-" Nat broke off as Heawood gave a little warning cough. "Oh, well, anyway. That was how to catch the ball, like what I just did. Understood?"
The elves nodded, but a few looked a little scared about getting bruises on their foreheads if they didn't catch the ball. "Erm.what next? Oh yes, how to hit the ball. Jen, could you bowl the ball for me?" Jennie stood up and prepared to bowl the ball to Nat. "Well, you hold the bat like this." Nat banged the bat on the floor, making the elves jump. "You hold it like this." The elves paid rapt attention as they watched her. "Then you look forward as the bowler bowls." The elves' eyes were fixed on the bat as Jennie did an underarm throw to Nat.
"And then you HIT IT!" she cried, swinging the bat wildly in the air. The ball slammed onto the cricket bat, sailed over their heads and hit Lord Elrond on the head as he was coming out of his house to join in. But, no- one had noticed because this was all a few miles away, and no-one could see that far because there were many bushes in the way.
"This is hell!" Steph complained loudly. The elves began to tell her off.
"It's brilliant" they cried.
Nat smiled, with a look of pure satisfaction on her face, "if you don't like it." she said in her biggest voice, "Then I suggest you leave."
Everyone looked round at Steph. Steph frowned and said, "OK, then. See you all later if you aren't all dead." Then she got up and walked off. The elves were eager to continue, "Please carry on, Lady Natalie!" they demanded, "can you show us how to hit the ball again?"
Nat smiled, and trying to be modest said, "OK then, it was rather a good hit wasn't it? Jen, can you bowl again?"