Merry and Pippin finished eating there food. They lay down on the grass to let there stomachs settle. "I never knew Farmer Maggot had a daughter." Pippin told Merry.
"I don't know if that really is his daughter. She could've been stealing food like us. I didn't get a good look at her, so I can't tell if I've seen her in the Shire." Merry explained. He picked himself up and wiped the grass off his clothes. The sun was almost setting. "Well Pip lets go home." He helped Pippin up and they walked home.
"So are you going to go find the girl tomorrow and apologize?" Pippin asked. Merry thought for a minute.
"I'm not sure. I can try tomorrow but I doubt I'll find her." He replied.
Merry arrived at Estella's house to visit her. He knocked on the door and waited for a couple of seconds. Estella answered the door.
"HI MERRY!" she yelled excided. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek. "Come in! I made supper." She grabbed his arm and tried to pull him inside. He stopped her.
"No thank you I already ate, I'm sorry." He told her. "I just came to apologize to you. I'm sorry I didn't help you with the wedding plans today."
"It's fine." She replied. She gave him a hug. "You are the sweetest guy I know. Thank you for apologizing." She kissed him softly on the lips and said goodbye.
Merry was lying in his bed still wondering who that girl was. He tried to ignore it but it bothered him that he didn't apologize. He drifted off to sleep and decided he will leave early in the morning to find her.
He woke up early around 4AM. He got dressed and quickly went off. The wind was blowing and it was really cold but good thing he had his coat. Farmer Maggots garden was just ahead. He looked to see if anyone had followed him but no one did. He quietly went into the cornfield, searching for the spot he bumped into the girl. He found it and looked around. On the ground he saw a little bracelet and leaned down to get it. 'It must have belonged to her' he thought. All of a sudden he heard a noise from behind him. He jumped up but stood still. He slowly turned around but there was no one though. As he turned around again he stopped and saw two emerald green eyes staring at him from behind a few corn plants. He then zoomed towards the eyes and moved the corn plant apart to see who it was. The person jumped up and dropped their basket of vegetables. It was the same girl. She leaned down to pick up the vegetables quickly.
"Wait calm down." Merry told her. "I didn't mean to scare you…..well actually I did but just so you weren't Farmer Maggot." Her head was still down. Merry offered his hand so he can help her up. She grabbed it. As she got up she lifted her head and looked up at Merry. Merry was surprised by how really pretty she was. She had long golden brown hair and light skin. But she was wearing old rag-like clothes.
"What are you doing here?" she asked
"I came here to apologize to you, I bumped into you without saying I'm sorry. So I'm sorry." He answered with a smile.
"So you were the one that bumped into me. Yeah I got in trouble for losing most of the vegetables last night." She told him. He felt horrible.
"I forgot to introduce myself, I'm sorry, my names Meriadoc Brandybuck. But you can call me Merry. What's yours if you don't mind me asking?"
"My name is Lara." She answered.
"Just Lara? No last name?" He smiled. Lara still didn't smile. "How come I've never seen you around the Shire?"
"The Shire?" she questioned, "I've never been outside this farm." Now Merry was really confused.
"what do you mean (outside the farm)?" he asked…………………
"I don't know if that really is his daughter. She could've been stealing food like us. I didn't get a good look at her, so I can't tell if I've seen her in the Shire." Merry explained. He picked himself up and wiped the grass off his clothes. The sun was almost setting. "Well Pip lets go home." He helped Pippin up and they walked home.
"So are you going to go find the girl tomorrow and apologize?" Pippin asked. Merry thought for a minute.
"I'm not sure. I can try tomorrow but I doubt I'll find her." He replied.
Merry arrived at Estella's house to visit her. He knocked on the door and waited for a couple of seconds. Estella answered the door.
"HI MERRY!" she yelled excided. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek. "Come in! I made supper." She grabbed his arm and tried to pull him inside. He stopped her.
"No thank you I already ate, I'm sorry." He told her. "I just came to apologize to you. I'm sorry I didn't help you with the wedding plans today."
"It's fine." She replied. She gave him a hug. "You are the sweetest guy I know. Thank you for apologizing." She kissed him softly on the lips and said goodbye.
Merry was lying in his bed still wondering who that girl was. He tried to ignore it but it bothered him that he didn't apologize. He drifted off to sleep and decided he will leave early in the morning to find her.
He woke up early around 4AM. He got dressed and quickly went off. The wind was blowing and it was really cold but good thing he had his coat. Farmer Maggots garden was just ahead. He looked to see if anyone had followed him but no one did. He quietly went into the cornfield, searching for the spot he bumped into the girl. He found it and looked around. On the ground he saw a little bracelet and leaned down to get it. 'It must have belonged to her' he thought. All of a sudden he heard a noise from behind him. He jumped up but stood still. He slowly turned around but there was no one though. As he turned around again he stopped and saw two emerald green eyes staring at him from behind a few corn plants. He then zoomed towards the eyes and moved the corn plant apart to see who it was. The person jumped up and dropped their basket of vegetables. It was the same girl. She leaned down to pick up the vegetables quickly.
"Wait calm down." Merry told her. "I didn't mean to scare you…..well actually I did but just so you weren't Farmer Maggot." Her head was still down. Merry offered his hand so he can help her up. She grabbed it. As she got up she lifted her head and looked up at Merry. Merry was surprised by how really pretty she was. She had long golden brown hair and light skin. But she was wearing old rag-like clothes.
"What are you doing here?" she asked
"I came here to apologize to you, I bumped into you without saying I'm sorry. So I'm sorry." He answered with a smile.
"So you were the one that bumped into me. Yeah I got in trouble for losing most of the vegetables last night." She told him. He felt horrible.
"I forgot to introduce myself, I'm sorry, my names Meriadoc Brandybuck. But you can call me Merry. What's yours if you don't mind me asking?"
"My name is Lara." She answered.
"Just Lara? No last name?" He smiled. Lara still didn't smile. "How come I've never seen you around the Shire?"
"The Shire?" she questioned, "I've never been outside this farm." Now Merry was really confused.
"what do you mean (outside the farm)?" he asked…………………