Disclaimer: I still only own the plot.

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After his bath poor little Pippin was once again bored. As he sat on his bed wondering what to do he heard a low grumbling that seemed to be coming from under his bed. He stiffed slightly when he heard it, but the sound ended as soon at it had begun. Although he was somewhat afraid of the noise, curiosity got the best of him.

He crawled under his bed to see what made the noise, but saw nothing. While he was under the bed he did, however, hear the noise again. It seemed to be coming from behind him. He turned quickly around "A ha! I got you!" he cried, although there was nothing there. He sighed when he realized he had been outsmarted.

Becoming bored once again he decided to give up his quest to catch the grumbling creature. He wandered out into the corridor and slowly ambled down the hall. While passing the bathroom he heard the grumbling sound once again. He looked all around him. After seeing nothing he stomach tightened and he started to walk swiftly away.

When Pippin heard the noise again he ran as fast as his little legs would carry him away from the evil creature that was stalking him. He ran right into his father's study, and fell onto the Thain's lap, practically crying.

The Thain had been busy working on an important letter to Buckland when Pippin burst in. He knocked over a bottle of ink and papers went flying. The Thain's letter was now ruined and he would need to get more ink. Thank Valar none of the ink got on either of the hobbit's clothes. The elder hobbit was about to yell at Pippin but after looking at the look on his son's face decided to hear his explanation first.

"What's wrong son?" asked Paladin.

"There's a monster following me around and it keeps making a growling noise but every time I look for it I can't find it anywhere!" Pippin explained. Paladin made a scrunched face, trying to understand Pippin's words.

"What's the monster sound like Pip?" he asked trying to figure out what could possibly be bugging his son so much. One again the 'creature' made it's growling noise.

"Like that!" Pippin squeaked, hiding in his father's chest. The Thain just chuckled.

"That son, is your stomach," he laughed. Pippin looked up at his father, confusion in his eyes. "Pippin, I think you must be hungry."

"My stomach?"

"Yes Pip, you're stomach. It growls when you're hungry. You knew that you silly hobbit!" Pippin looked down at his stomach and patted it.

"Hungry?" Pippin mused, "You mean that scary noise wasn't a monster, it was just my stomach? How silly of me."

"Yes, it was quite silly of you," Paladin said, becoming sterner, "Next time be more careful son. Look what you did," he said gesturing to his inky paper pile on his desk. "You ruined the letter I was writing, not to mention the other papers on my desk, and wasted my bottle of ink." Pippin was very ashamed and looked down at his feet.

"I'm sowwy daddy," he said softly, "I will be more cawreful next time."

"It's alright son. Run off to the kitchens and get something to eat, but please, no more interruptions today."

"Yes siwr," Pippin sighed climbing off his father's lap and wandering out the door, heading to the kitchen.

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A/N: I know that was quite short.. I'm sorry. I'll try and make the next chapter longer :)