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Now on with the ramblings. You'll have to use your imagination at little Aragorn having a cold.

Little Estel rubbed his runny nose and fell back onto his bed.

He hated being confined to his room and suffering in bed hour, after boring hour.

During one night of his sickness, Elladan and Elrohir came to visit.

"We are saddened that you are not felling well Estel," said Elrohir.

"D'ank you Erohir (A/N: Yes, I meant to spell it that way, don't flame me with bad spelling of elvin names.)," squeaked Estel.

Elladan laughed, "What happened to your voice Estel?"

"I hab a code" whispered Estel.

Elladan leaned closer to Estel who was beginning to turn red. "What did you say?"

"I HAB a CODE!"

Elrohir jabbed his elvin brother in the ribs, "Elladan!"

"My apologies, young Estel. We shall leave you to rest." The twin brothers swept out of the room leaving Estel to his own devices.

Estel grabbed a mirror off of the stand next to him and glared at his reddened reflection. "I hate being sick," he mumbled to himself, "why am I de only one in Imladris that catches codes?" He saw the look on his angered face and laughed.

Soon he was crossing his eyes and contorting his face in all sorts of comical expressions.

He crossed his eyes and wiggled his nose. He stuck out his tongue-blue from the medicine that Elrond had given him earlier-and folded while wiggling his ears.

Estel dropped the mirror upon a sudden thought, could elves wiggle their ears?

He had never seen them do such a thing. Did only the most powerful have the talent to do such a thing? Did only the least powerful? Could girls do it? Could boys do it? Why didn't they wiggle them if they had such ears? Could they hear better if they did wiggle them? Was it one of their great secrets?



In the morning, Elrond came in with a tray bearing breakfast and a flask of some sort of blue liquid. "Good morning Estel."

"Good morning Ada. Ada?"

"Yes Estel?"

"Can you..." Estel blushed, feeling stupid.

"What is it my son?"

"Can you wiggle your ears?"

Elrond blinked, a little taken back by such a comment. "Why do ask, Estel?"

"Well..., I was making faces in the mirror lad' nide and I found I could wiggle my ears. I've neder seen an elf wiggle der' ears."

"You wonder who can and cannot," said Elrond as he poured out a spoonful of the blue liquid. He sat down on the bed and motioned for Estel to open his mouth.

Estel sighed and opened his mouth; he dreaded the awful stuff.

Once he had taken the medicine Elrond put the flask back on the tray.

"Ada?"

Elrond rose, "Some of us can and some of us cannot."

"Can you?" The suspense was killing him.

The elvin lord smiled and his slender ears twitched and quivered.

Estel was a little shocked but then fell back in a fit of laughter.

"You can! You can," he gasped.

Elrond bowed his head, "I hope that you recover soon Estel."

A/N: Well? I realize that it was a little long but hey, I don't sleep much and this is the result. Review and tell me if you think elves can wiggle their ears.