"Hey ho to the bottle I go, to heal my heart and drown my woe. The rain
may fall, the wind may blow, But there still be. Many miles to go. Sweet is
the sound of the pouring rain, and the stream that falls from hill to
plain. Better that rain is a rippling brook. IS A MUG OF BEER INSIDE THIS
TOOK/BRANDYBUCK!" Meriadoc and Peregrin sang drunkenly as they drank down
the last of their mead. They were soaking in the morning's bright rays on
their big yellow inflatable raft in a small pond.
Now with no more mead to occupy them, Pippin shouts rather loudly, "I'm starving!"
"I guess we should paddle in and eat. What about that Pip? Pip?" Merry looks over to his buddy Pippin and sees his face. "HaHa Pip! That's the same face you had in Moria when you knocked that thing down the well, and Gandalf yelled at you. Haha that was funny! Fool of a Took . . .Oh wait . . ." Merry said with sudden realization coming to his face. He then whispered, "You did something!"
Pippin smiles innocently/guiltily (yes there is such a thing) and slowly, very slowly, painstakingly slowly brings a big round bright red apple shaped rubber ball to his mouth. He sinks his teeth into the rather deliciously looking piece of raft.
"Hmmm.this apple kinda tastes like that tire we ate for last thanksgiving when we had run out of turkey, mushrooms, apples, tators (what's tators precious), berries, frodo and fruitcake.
"Stupid fat hobbit! You ate the plug to the raft!"
"Hey I'm not fat! That's Sam and I thought it was an apple!" Pippin replied rather stupidly.
"Now what are we going to do? I can't swim!"
"AHHHHH!" Pippin screams. "Me either! We're going to die Merry! I'm too young to die! I haven't eaten enough!" The water in the raft begins to rise slowly as Merry and Pippin freak out.
"So many turkeys yet to be eaten," Pippin cries (literally) "So much Old Toby to be smoked! It's so unfair!"
"All my friends! All my family," Merry wails. "Wait Pippin you're my only friend and family! Wow that's sad."
"Oh Merry this is the last minute of our lives. I'm glad it's with you!"
The two friends stand on the quickly deflating raft in attempt to prolong their life as much as possible. And slowly they go under (Titanic Music plays in the background)
"AHHHH," Pippin and Merry scream in unison one last time before they are sucked under by the massive current (of the pond) They struggle and kick and punch and strangle each other (lack of air distorts hobbits minds) The darkness is closing in! Merry missed Pippin and kicked the bottom. A glimmer of hope! He kicks the solid ground beneath him and rockets upward, grabbing the limp Pippin on his way. He emerges on the surface and attempts to stand in the knee deep water though he is still trying not to drown. Merry embraces Pip as he regains consciousness and the stagger to the shore.
"Merry! We're alive!!!"
"Whew that was a close one," Merry says breathing a sigh of relief.
"Man Merry. I could use some Old Toby after that narrow escape of death."
"I agree my mellon! Let's go home!"
Merry and Pip head home almost smelling the whiffs of Old Toby that awaited them.
Now with no more mead to occupy them, Pippin shouts rather loudly, "I'm starving!"
"I guess we should paddle in and eat. What about that Pip? Pip?" Merry looks over to his buddy Pippin and sees his face. "HaHa Pip! That's the same face you had in Moria when you knocked that thing down the well, and Gandalf yelled at you. Haha that was funny! Fool of a Took . . .Oh wait . . ." Merry said with sudden realization coming to his face. He then whispered, "You did something!"
Pippin smiles innocently/guiltily (yes there is such a thing) and slowly, very slowly, painstakingly slowly brings a big round bright red apple shaped rubber ball to his mouth. He sinks his teeth into the rather deliciously looking piece of raft.
"Hmmm.this apple kinda tastes like that tire we ate for last thanksgiving when we had run out of turkey, mushrooms, apples, tators (what's tators precious), berries, frodo and fruitcake.
"Stupid fat hobbit! You ate the plug to the raft!"
"Hey I'm not fat! That's Sam and I thought it was an apple!" Pippin replied rather stupidly.
"Now what are we going to do? I can't swim!"
"AHHHHH!" Pippin screams. "Me either! We're going to die Merry! I'm too young to die! I haven't eaten enough!" The water in the raft begins to rise slowly as Merry and Pippin freak out.
"So many turkeys yet to be eaten," Pippin cries (literally) "So much Old Toby to be smoked! It's so unfair!"
"All my friends! All my family," Merry wails. "Wait Pippin you're my only friend and family! Wow that's sad."
"Oh Merry this is the last minute of our lives. I'm glad it's with you!"
The two friends stand on the quickly deflating raft in attempt to prolong their life as much as possible. And slowly they go under (Titanic Music plays in the background)
"AHHHH," Pippin and Merry scream in unison one last time before they are sucked under by the massive current (of the pond) They struggle and kick and punch and strangle each other (lack of air distorts hobbits minds) The darkness is closing in! Merry missed Pippin and kicked the bottom. A glimmer of hope! He kicks the solid ground beneath him and rockets upward, grabbing the limp Pippin on his way. He emerges on the surface and attempts to stand in the knee deep water though he is still trying not to drown. Merry embraces Pip as he regains consciousness and the stagger to the shore.
"Merry! We're alive!!!"
"Whew that was a close one," Merry says breathing a sigh of relief.
"Man Merry. I could use some Old Toby after that narrow escape of death."
"I agree my mellon! Let's go home!"
Merry and Pip head home almost smelling the whiffs of Old Toby that awaited them.