Ch. 10
Pippin blinked. "Frodo, am I giving this to you? Are you becoming a wizard?"
Frodo laughed and said, "No, Pippin!"
"Rosie?"
She shook her head.
"Sam?"
"Pippin!" Frodo and Rosie screamed, at the same time Gandalf thundered, "Peregrine Took!" and Elrond said, "Mr. Took."
"What?" he said, a bit confused. It couldn't be him. No one, not even one who wished to destroy the earth, would give Pippin power. He could ruin anything!
"Peregrine Took, I present to you, your staff, Green Wizard," Gandalf finally managed
"Eh?" Pippin said.
"Peregrine Took, you are as thick as they come! You have been made a wizard! The first Hobbit-Wizard. You will start off Green, and if you don't die or destroy the earth out of ignorance, you will be Brown, someday." As an afterthought, he added, in an undertone, "What have I done?"
"This is it, Pip, Lady Galadriel said you would find your courage. No one ever thought it would be like this," Frodo said, resting his hand on Pippin's shoulder, startling him.
"Wait a minute!" Pippin said very suddenly. Everyone stared. "If I am, in fact, going to be a- a wizard- what kind of things will I be able to do?"
Gandalf smiled. "Follow me," he said, and began to walk toward the beds.
Pippin blinked. "Frodo, am I giving this to you? Are you becoming a wizard?"
Frodo laughed and said, "No, Pippin!"
"Rosie?"
She shook her head.
"Sam?"
"Pippin!" Frodo and Rosie screamed, at the same time Gandalf thundered, "Peregrine Took!" and Elrond said, "Mr. Took."
"What?" he said, a bit confused. It couldn't be him. No one, not even one who wished to destroy the earth, would give Pippin power. He could ruin anything!
"Peregrine Took, I present to you, your staff, Green Wizard," Gandalf finally managed
"Eh?" Pippin said.
"Peregrine Took, you are as thick as they come! You have been made a wizard! The first Hobbit-Wizard. You will start off Green, and if you don't die or destroy the earth out of ignorance, you will be Brown, someday." As an afterthought, he added, in an undertone, "What have I done?"
"This is it, Pip, Lady Galadriel said you would find your courage. No one ever thought it would be like this," Frodo said, resting his hand on Pippin's shoulder, startling him.
"Wait a minute!" Pippin said very suddenly. Everyone stared. "If I am, in fact, going to be a- a wizard- what kind of things will I be able to do?"
Gandalf smiled. "Follow me," he said, and began to walk toward the beds.
