May 23rd 3037
Dear diary,
I cut my hair! I was tired of geting caught, so I put on Elfwine's clothes and cut my hair realy short when I snuck out. The guards did not find me at all untill I came home by myself. Papa AND mama were mad at me. But Elfwine laughed! I have not heard him laugh since we were little.
Now that I look at the first few entries I see my spelling was atru atrao atrocious. Lessons-master taught me well over the winter months and now that I'm almost ten years old I can spell good. My handwriting is geting better to. Well now I am in my room being punished for cuting my hair. I am crying a lot. I deserve it I guess. I look realy silly now to.
July 20th 3037
You'll never guess what Elfwine did today! Our cousins from Ithilen and our aunt and uncle are visiting for a few days. We were walking around the city with our cousins and they started teasing me because of my hair. Elfwine told them to stop it. Even though he is barely around he is still a good brother. Our cousins would not stop, so then Elfwine did a very bad thing. He punched them in their noses! They started crying loud, and their noses started bleeding, and Elfwine was realy sorry and we helped them back to our house quik. They were sent to the healing room and Elfwine was yelled at by papa a lot.
Aunt Eowin is here. She is papa's sister. I remember when I was little and papa told me the story of what she did in the big War. She only broke her arm that she carried a shield on. But everyone thought that was heroik and praised her. I like her a lot. She told me later in the day when we were by ourselves that I reminded her so much of papa. She says I get everything but my fi fea femininity from him. She also said that I am as brave and fierce as him too. Papa used to tell me I was like aunt Eowin, trying to be a boy and running away. I guess I'm like both of them? O well. Cousins are leaving tomoro so I have to go spend time with them.
December 5th 3037
Dear Diary,
I snuck out again. I got bored playing though. So I went to the city gates. I didn't go outside them but insted went up into the watchtower. I got to look at the country. It's realy pretty. I like Rohan. There's rolling hills of long grass, good grass that the horses like to eat. The sky is a beautiful blu and nothing is blocking its view. On the southern horizon are the glittery white mountains and just west of the city are the misty mountains. The misty mountains stretch north for forever. Papa says they go past even Dunland and Fangorn. Papa's been to both those places, and to the mountains, all with Elfwine. They sound realy scary. I don't think I ever want to go there.
January 19th 3038
Dear diary,
Mama has been walking around outside lately. She likes to talk with all the "commoners". She's friends with a lot of them. They all love her, and she is a great queen to them. But today she is sick. She is coughing and sneezing a whole lot and has to stay in bed. Papa is being crazy, and thinking mama is sick just because she visits the "commoners". Papa doesn't seem to like them much. They're just people.
March 12th 3038
Dear diary,
Mama hasn't gotten any better. She keeps getting sicker and sicker and has to stay in a bed in the healing room all the time now. That's why the King of Gondor is here today. Papa became good friends with him in the War, and calls him "Aragorn". But everyone else calls him "King Elessar". I haven't talked to him at all. I only saw him arriving and going into papa's throne room. Only him and a few of his servants are here.
Since mama isn't here to stop papa from punishing me, I get sent to my room when I run away from lessons. Papa and Elfwine seem very busy. They have to stay home because of mama, so all the Riders come to papa when they have a problem. Papa's throne is sometimes surrounded by a bunch of angry old men. He doesn't like politiks much, he used to always tell mama that when she was well.
March 17th, 3038
Papa seemed very distracted today. I saw the healers talking a lot among themselves, and they told papa something too. I think they are talking about mama. I want to know what is going on, but no one will tell me. Papa just mumbled today at the guards when I was caught. I got sent to my room again, and fell asleep very bored and hungry.
I just woke up from a bad dream, that's why I am writing. It was a horrible nightmare. I've never had one like it before. Horrible shadows came, and my family was killed, and blood was everywhere. I hated it, and it made me cry. I am going to the healing rooms right now. I need my mama to talk to. She's the only one that will listen.