Chapter 39: Telling Tonus

"Really Legolas? Let me see."

Legolas opened his mouth wide and Tonus saw at once the gap in his brother's mouth.

"Wow, Legolas, this is great!"

Tonus watched as the elfling, who was shaking, being so cold, stood upon his arms and climbed into Tonus' tunic. The small prince's head stuck out of the top of Tonus' tunic.

"I'm cold Tonus!"

Tonus could recall his little brother snuggling down like this in his father's tunic.

"I think I have something that you might find useful."

"Yay!"

Legolas curled up, keeping his hands on the neck of his brother's tunic so not to slide down to his brother's belt, which was so tight the elfling could not even slide down past the belt.

Tonus trod to his room and took out a small leather bag. He poured the contents, many small pearly white teeth, out onto his desk.

"Here, put your tooth in here before you go to sleep. I have lost all my teeth and grown them back, so I will not need this anymore, though I do want it returned. Oh, and here, have these coins for your tooth."

Legolas received the small leather sac and five silver pennies. The elfling embraced his brother as he took the coins and bag and gave it to Haldir who know had his tooth and placed it in the bag, tying the bag shut.

Legolas let Tonus pull him out of his tunic and gave the elfling to Haldir.

Legolas ran off to his room and placed his tooth in the sac beneath his soft, silk pillow. He put the coins with the small amount of pocket money he owned: now a total of five coins... he did not own any pocket money to start. He spent the last of his money, fifteen silver pennies (a lot to the elfling, but barely half a penny to Thranduil, Tonus, Cield or Haldir), on a cheap brush for his beloved pony Gwodry (given to him by Gandalf therefore why the pony owned a name common amongst men) and a highly priced pet fish whom died within a week of the purchase.

Legolas then pranced out of his room, searching for Cield. While searching, he hummed and paid no attention to wear he was going, causing him to bump into Cield...

To Be Continued...