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Chapter Two-Merry and Pippin
We set off the very next day. All I knew at that point was that we were to walk to Bree, where we would meet Gandalf, and we would discuss what was to happen next there.
The walk to Bree is a fairly long one, and in the time that we had Mr.Frodo told me the entire story. The Ring, Gollum, Sauron, Mount Doom, the whole lot. My mouth was hanging open by the time he finished. "So...you have the Ring now?" was all I managed to ask.
"Yes Sam" Mr. Frodo replied, deadly serious.
"But...what do you have to do with it?"
He shrugged. "Who knows, Sam. Right now all we have to do is get to Bree"
"Well, that should be fairly easily, shouldnt it?" I said, brightening, looking at him.
He stared at the ground. "Hopefully, Sam" was all he said, and continued walking.
We had walked a good few miles, when I lost sight of Mr. Frodo near Farmer Maggot's farm. I panicked. Right before we set off, Gandalf had warned me, "Don't you lose him, Samwise Gamgee", and the last thing I wanted to do was to anger Gandalf.
"Mr. Frodo?" I called out nervously, and began to walk faster. No reply.
"Frodo?" I called again, and began to run. "Frodo, Frodo!"
He came into sight again, walking back a few paces. "Sam?"
I breathed a sigh of relief. "You had me worried there"
He frowned at me. "What are you talking about?" I explained what Gandalf had said, and he grinned. "Sam, we're still in the Shire, what could possibly-" His words were cut off as a great weight burst out of the crops and landed on top of him. I stared, and then the same thing happened to me, knocking me to the ground.
"Frodo!" I heard a young voice cry out, a voice that I recognised. I groaned. Pippin. "Look Merry, its Frodo Baggins!" he said, and the weight jumped off me, which I now recognised as Merry.
I jumped up, and said "Geroff him!" to Pippin, then dragged him off Mr. Frodo. I stared at them for a few seconds. Merry and Pippin, best friends, inseperable, always getting into trouble together.
Far away, but getting closer, I could hear angry shouting. I looked again at Merry and Pippin, noticing now that they carried bundles of carrots. "You've been into Farmer Maggots crop!" I said, and they threw the carrots at me before running away in the opposite direction with Mr. Frodo. I stood for a few seconds, then dropped the carrots and ran after them.
"I don't know why he's so angry, it was only a few carrots!" Merry was saying, as we all ran.
"And some cabbages" Pippin added. "And, those few potatoes we lifted last week"
"Yes, Pippin! All I'm saying is, he's clearly over-reacting-woah!" Merry said, stopping.
One by one, we all crashed into the back of Merry, and went tumbling head first down a hill. We rolled and rolled, before coming to a final stop, all on top of each other.
"Ow...I think I've broken something!" moaned Merry, and then pulled a snapped carrot from behind his back. "Still, never mind. That was just a shortcut"
"A shortcut to what?" I said bitterly.
"Mushrooms!" Pippin said, from the bottom of the pile, pointing.
I glanced over, and there was a fine little crop of tasty-looking mushrooms. We all jumped up, pushed Pippin back down again, and ran to the mushrooms.
I was busy picking the best mushrooms for myself, and shoving them into my bag. I barely noticed Mr. Frodo, who was standing away from it all, and staring at the road. He said something, only nobody heard it. Then he shouted "Get off the road!Quick!"
The urgency in his voice made us all move, and we hid in a wide gap underneath a tree. We sat silently, hardly daring to breathe. Then, slowly, we heard faint the clip-clopping noises of a horse. It stopped just above us, and the rider jumped off, leaning close to the the ground, to where we were.
Chapter Two-Merry and Pippin
We set off the very next day. All I knew at that point was that we were to walk to Bree, where we would meet Gandalf, and we would discuss what was to happen next there.
The walk to Bree is a fairly long one, and in the time that we had Mr.Frodo told me the entire story. The Ring, Gollum, Sauron, Mount Doom, the whole lot. My mouth was hanging open by the time he finished. "So...you have the Ring now?" was all I managed to ask.
"Yes Sam" Mr. Frodo replied, deadly serious.
"But...what do you have to do with it?"
He shrugged. "Who knows, Sam. Right now all we have to do is get to Bree"
"Well, that should be fairly easily, shouldnt it?" I said, brightening, looking at him.
He stared at the ground. "Hopefully, Sam" was all he said, and continued walking.
We had walked a good few miles, when I lost sight of Mr. Frodo near Farmer Maggot's farm. I panicked. Right before we set off, Gandalf had warned me, "Don't you lose him, Samwise Gamgee", and the last thing I wanted to do was to anger Gandalf.
"Mr. Frodo?" I called out nervously, and began to walk faster. No reply.
"Frodo?" I called again, and began to run. "Frodo, Frodo!"
He came into sight again, walking back a few paces. "Sam?"
I breathed a sigh of relief. "You had me worried there"
He frowned at me. "What are you talking about?" I explained what Gandalf had said, and he grinned. "Sam, we're still in the Shire, what could possibly-" His words were cut off as a great weight burst out of the crops and landed on top of him. I stared, and then the same thing happened to me, knocking me to the ground.
"Frodo!" I heard a young voice cry out, a voice that I recognised. I groaned. Pippin. "Look Merry, its Frodo Baggins!" he said, and the weight jumped off me, which I now recognised as Merry.
I jumped up, and said "Geroff him!" to Pippin, then dragged him off Mr. Frodo. I stared at them for a few seconds. Merry and Pippin, best friends, inseperable, always getting into trouble together.
Far away, but getting closer, I could hear angry shouting. I looked again at Merry and Pippin, noticing now that they carried bundles of carrots. "You've been into Farmer Maggots crop!" I said, and they threw the carrots at me before running away in the opposite direction with Mr. Frodo. I stood for a few seconds, then dropped the carrots and ran after them.
"I don't know why he's so angry, it was only a few carrots!" Merry was saying, as we all ran.
"And some cabbages" Pippin added. "And, those few potatoes we lifted last week"
"Yes, Pippin! All I'm saying is, he's clearly over-reacting-woah!" Merry said, stopping.
One by one, we all crashed into the back of Merry, and went tumbling head first down a hill. We rolled and rolled, before coming to a final stop, all on top of each other.
"Ow...I think I've broken something!" moaned Merry, and then pulled a snapped carrot from behind his back. "Still, never mind. That was just a shortcut"
"A shortcut to what?" I said bitterly.
"Mushrooms!" Pippin said, from the bottom of the pile, pointing.
I glanced over, and there was a fine little crop of tasty-looking mushrooms. We all jumped up, pushed Pippin back down again, and ran to the mushrooms.
I was busy picking the best mushrooms for myself, and shoving them into my bag. I barely noticed Mr. Frodo, who was standing away from it all, and staring at the road. He said something, only nobody heard it. Then he shouted "Get off the road!Quick!"
The urgency in his voice made us all move, and we hid in a wide gap underneath a tree. We sat silently, hardly daring to breathe. Then, slowly, we heard faint the clip-clopping noises of a horse. It stopped just above us, and the rider jumped off, leaning close to the the ground, to where we were.