A Better Life
Chapter 5 Realization
I settled down at the table while Camellia brought over plates full of food. How could I ever eat all that? Oh yeah, I was a hobbit. Camellia was an excellent cook. Even breakfast was like eating at a fancy diner. After I was done I went outside and wandered around the yard a bit. Then a saw Tori coming up the road. I ran to greet her.
"Hey," she said smiling.
"Hey," I said. "How are you? Do you like the Boggy-Hillocks?" I asked.
"Oh yeah they're great. Really friendly and lot's of good food," she replied smiling.
Tori and food, I'll never understand it. I pondered what to do for a moment. We didn't really know our way around.
"Let's go to that field down there. Maybe we'll find something to do," I suggested.
"Yeah sure let's go," Tori responded.
As we walked down the road we talked about the situation. I liked it here a lot, but what about home? How did we get here? Then something popped into my head. Camellia said Gandalf had come and talked to them. Gandalf! But that means if Gandalf was here then...the four hobbits were here two! I screamed in delight. Tori jumped and looked worried, but when I pointed this out to her, she herself screamed. We spent the moment jumping around and doing this crazy dance we do when we're excited. Kind of like a square dance.
Finally we made it down the hill arm in arm and dancing. Tori sat down against a tree and I lay down in the grass with my arms crossed.
"Do you think we'd be able to meet them?" I whispered.
"Oh even a glimpse of them would be...be.."
"Amazing," we said in unison.
Together we walked down roads and hills, exploring the land and meeting new people. One hobbit woman accepted the fact I was visiting, but couldn't believe Tori was a long lost daughter. I had to admit, it didn't seem that likely to me either. But the woman seemed to buy it. Tori and I spent the whole day together. I loved the hobbit life. Good food, friendly people. At that moment I never wanted to go back to my own world. I felt more at home right here.