Chapter Five: Back In Time For The Festivities
Upon their exit, the two raced for Hobbiton. Indeed, they made it there just in time for the best part of a day in the life of a hobbit.
"Merry!" Pip shouted upon their entrance to the Green Dragon. "Meet Diamond. You may know her, but I assure you she's completely different now."
Merry smiled at her. "Charmed."
Diamond curtsied and smiled her small smile. Pip put his arm around her shoulder. "I need a mug o' ale right away!"
One was immediately brought. Pip lifted Diamond on his shoulders, and jumped on the table with Merry. He linked arms with Merry, and they danced around the table.
And they, all three of them, sang.
"Hey ho, to the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall and wind may blow But there still be.many miles to go Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain And the stream the runs from hill to plain Better than rain or rippling brook."
"Is a mug of beer inside this Took!" Pippin shouted, and everyone cheered.
"You think you can live with this, Merry?" Pip said amid the noise.
"Pip, I believe I could grow to like it," Merry smiled.
"How bout you, Diamond?"
"I'm just fine up here, thank you," Diamond said, looking down at him.
Pippin smiled and, his life back in order, drank to his friends, old and new, in hopes of whatever was supposed to happen should happen, and should friends become more than friends, that they do so to the will of the other friends. He was indeed a content hobbit.
Upon their exit, the two raced for Hobbiton. Indeed, they made it there just in time for the best part of a day in the life of a hobbit.
"Merry!" Pip shouted upon their entrance to the Green Dragon. "Meet Diamond. You may know her, but I assure you she's completely different now."
Merry smiled at her. "Charmed."
Diamond curtsied and smiled her small smile. Pip put his arm around her shoulder. "I need a mug o' ale right away!"
One was immediately brought. Pip lifted Diamond on his shoulders, and jumped on the table with Merry. He linked arms with Merry, and they danced around the table.
And they, all three of them, sang.
"Hey ho, to the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall and wind may blow But there still be.many miles to go Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain And the stream the runs from hill to plain Better than rain or rippling brook."
"Is a mug of beer inside this Took!" Pippin shouted, and everyone cheered.
"You think you can live with this, Merry?" Pip said amid the noise.
"Pip, I believe I could grow to like it," Merry smiled.
"How bout you, Diamond?"
"I'm just fine up here, thank you," Diamond said, looking down at him.
Pippin smiled and, his life back in order, drank to his friends, old and new, in hopes of whatever was supposed to happen should happen, and should friends become more than friends, that they do so to the will of the other friends. He was indeed a content hobbit.