SMOOSH! SPLAT! SQUASH!

Saraman

Inspector Gandalf had a mission: to escape from the evil Saruman who had imprisoned him on the top of the tower of Orthanc. One day, he talked to a mechanical moth.

"Find Gwahir, find Gwahir, go!" Then he said, "Go go Gadget moth!" The moth flew away to find the eagle, Gwahir.

The next day, Saruman came up to visit him.

"The friendship of Saruman is lightly thrown aside. Seven ill turns deserve another!" Saruman used his staff to throw Gandalf off the edge of the tower, but Gandalf did not fall, he floated in the air like a feather. "Ahh!" said Saruman. He flung Gandalf back onto the tower. "Do not embrace the power of the Ring, or do not embrace your own destruction!"

"Why are you speaking in contrapositives?" asked Gandalf. "There are only nine lords of the Ring. Only nine can bend it to their will. And they do not share power!" With that, Inspector Gandalf jumped off the tower aiming for Gwahir's back. But Gwahir was just too far away. Gandalf reached out to grab onto the eagle but all he got was one tail feather which he yanked out.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" said Inspector Gadget as he fell. And fell. And fell. And fell. And fell. Finally, SMOOSH! SPLAT! SQUASH! Gandalf landed, creating a crater at least four feet deep. He coughed dirt out of his mouth and crawled out of the hole. Inspector Gandalf looked up to see Saruman at the top of the tower snickering. But when Saruman saw Gandalf emerge from the hole, his jaw dropped and he rubbed his eyes as if he didn't quite believe what he was seeing. Inspector Gadget looked down and was dismayed to see that he was quite flatter than he used to be. He was now only four inches thick! The Orcs of Isengard stared at Gandalf for a moment before they went shrieking away as fast as they could. Then, a very humiliating thought dawned on Inspector Gandalf.

"I could have used my Go go Gadget Helicopter!" He smacked himself in the face and said,

"Go go Gadget helicopter!" He took off and flew away as fast as his twirly-bird would carry him, to Rivendell.

Note: Gandalf never told anyone what really happened. He told them that he had landed on Gwahir who had flown him to safety.

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