"Emerald – where do you think you're going!"
Emerald stopped in her tracks – she'd almost made it out the door, "Bag End mamma"
"Have you finished your chores?"
"Yes mamma."
"Lessons?" she pressed
"Yes." She bit her lip hopping her mother couldn't come up with anything else.
"Well alright – but I want you home by dinner time. I don't like you spending so much time at Bag End, why did you ever have to make friends with that Baggins boy. Frodo seems nice enough now but I don't trust those Bagginses. Like that Bilbo, it's just not natural for a hobbit to go traipsing all over creation like that, not natural at all. And there's always those strange outworlders hanging around, dwarves, and that wizard. Can't trust anyone from outside the shire – you remember that Emerald."
"Yes mamma." Emerald gently closed the door as her mother continued to rant and bolted for her haven.
"Hi Sam! Hi Mr. Gamgee!" she called cheerily to the pair in the garden as she ran up the walk. She scurried through the round green door, no longer bothering to knock. "Sorry I'm late, mamma stopped me," she explained breathlessly.
"Quite alright my dear." Bilbo assured her. As she sat next to Frodo he gave her a small smile and moved his books over slightly to give her room. "All right," Bilbo began, "I believe we were talking about Elvish vowel mutation...."
Emerald stopped in her tracks – she'd almost made it out the door, "Bag End mamma"
"Have you finished your chores?"
"Yes mamma."
"Lessons?" she pressed
"Yes." She bit her lip hopping her mother couldn't come up with anything else.
"Well alright – but I want you home by dinner time. I don't like you spending so much time at Bag End, why did you ever have to make friends with that Baggins boy. Frodo seems nice enough now but I don't trust those Bagginses. Like that Bilbo, it's just not natural for a hobbit to go traipsing all over creation like that, not natural at all. And there's always those strange outworlders hanging around, dwarves, and that wizard. Can't trust anyone from outside the shire – you remember that Emerald."
"Yes mamma." Emerald gently closed the door as her mother continued to rant and bolted for her haven.
"Hi Sam! Hi Mr. Gamgee!" she called cheerily to the pair in the garden as she ran up the walk. She scurried through the round green door, no longer bothering to knock. "Sorry I'm late, mamma stopped me," she explained breathlessly.
"Quite alright my dear." Bilbo assured her. As she sat next to Frodo he gave her a small smile and moved his books over slightly to give her room. "All right," Bilbo began, "I believe we were talking about Elvish vowel mutation...."