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4 - A Nice Gold Ring
"That was bloody brilliant!" laughed the woman in black. "Sheer brilliance!"
"Did you see their faces?"
"The one screamed like a little girl!"
"I don't think even a little girl could get that pitch!"
"Well, we've got some carrots now."
"That's good. They didn't have much else," said the woman in Black. "But I did get this nice gold ring off the little twitchy one." She held up a thick gold band between her fingers.
"Well, I hope they weren't going to a wedding," said Red. "You might have just stolen the groom's wedding ring!"
"Do hobbits wear rings?" asked Blue.
"Well, whether or not they do, we're still on our way to Bree," interrupted Green. "Less talk and more haste! We don't want to be late."
"She's right," said Black. "Onward and upward!" she cried, and the women moved on at a rather brisk pace.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
It was the second day after the women had run into the hobbits and they were still walking towards to village of Bree. Red and the woman of black linked arms.
"Oh my darlin', oh my darlin', oh my darlin,' Clementine," they sang. "You are lost and gone forever, oh my darlin,' Clementine!"
"For goodness' sake, shut up already!" Blue said exasperatedly. "Or at least learn the rest of the words to that song. You are going to get it stuck in my head!"
"That's the point!"
"A little green man," Red added, somewhat randomly.
"Now why'd you say that?" Black asked. "You didn't have to bring it up. She wasn't going to notice."
"Notice what?" Blue piped.
"You should tell her," said Red.
"Yeah I was going to.eventually. But did you have to bring it up just now?"
"Bring what up? Tell who what?" Blue repeated. "Tell me!" she demanded.
"Black los." Red began.
"Shut up!' Black hissed.
"What?" Blue insisted.
"She lost your LGM."
"What?" shouted Blue. "You lost him? How could you do that? I lent him to you for one trick, just one! And you lost him?"
"Calm down, Water Woman," Black said. "I'll get you a new one. I gotta replace my old one anyway, so I'll just pick you one up too," she suggested.
"I don't want a new one. How did you lose him? You can't lose a Little Green Man!"
"Hey," the black-cloaked woman said shortly. "You don't have to be here, you know. If you're going to keep complaining, you can hand in your hood right now and go home. I said, I'll get you a new one."
"This hood is mine," she mumbled beneath her breath.
They all fell silent, and continued walking-though somewhat uncomfortably. It was by no means a good thing to get the woman in black angry. Blue didn't seem to heed that fact. When Black was mad, she tended to make death threats, then set things on fire; but she didn't want to get rid of the little blue fish, because the little blue fish had a special talent. She was named the little blue fish for reason.
4 - A Nice Gold Ring
"That was bloody brilliant!" laughed the woman in black. "Sheer brilliance!"
"Did you see their faces?"
"The one screamed like a little girl!"
"I don't think even a little girl could get that pitch!"
"Well, we've got some carrots now."
"That's good. They didn't have much else," said the woman in Black. "But I did get this nice gold ring off the little twitchy one." She held up a thick gold band between her fingers.
"Well, I hope they weren't going to a wedding," said Red. "You might have just stolen the groom's wedding ring!"
"Do hobbits wear rings?" asked Blue.
"Well, whether or not they do, we're still on our way to Bree," interrupted Green. "Less talk and more haste! We don't want to be late."
"She's right," said Black. "Onward and upward!" she cried, and the women moved on at a rather brisk pace.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
It was the second day after the women had run into the hobbits and they were still walking towards to village of Bree. Red and the woman of black linked arms.
"Oh my darlin', oh my darlin', oh my darlin,' Clementine," they sang. "You are lost and gone forever, oh my darlin,' Clementine!"
"For goodness' sake, shut up already!" Blue said exasperatedly. "Or at least learn the rest of the words to that song. You are going to get it stuck in my head!"
"That's the point!"
"A little green man," Red added, somewhat randomly.
"Now why'd you say that?" Black asked. "You didn't have to bring it up. She wasn't going to notice."
"Notice what?" Blue piped.
"You should tell her," said Red.
"Yeah I was going to.eventually. But did you have to bring it up just now?"
"Bring what up? Tell who what?" Blue repeated. "Tell me!" she demanded.
"Black los." Red began.
"Shut up!' Black hissed.
"What?" Blue insisted.
"She lost your LGM."
"What?" shouted Blue. "You lost him? How could you do that? I lent him to you for one trick, just one! And you lost him?"
"Calm down, Water Woman," Black said. "I'll get you a new one. I gotta replace my old one anyway, so I'll just pick you one up too," she suggested.
"I don't want a new one. How did you lose him? You can't lose a Little Green Man!"
"Hey," the black-cloaked woman said shortly. "You don't have to be here, you know. If you're going to keep complaining, you can hand in your hood right now and go home. I said, I'll get you a new one."
"This hood is mine," she mumbled beneath her breath.
They all fell silent, and continued walking-though somewhat uncomfortably. It was by no means a good thing to get the woman in black angry. Blue didn't seem to heed that fact. When Black was mad, she tended to make death threats, then set things on fire; but she didn't want to get rid of the little blue fish, because the little blue fish had a special talent. She was named the little blue fish for reason.