Oops, I didn't mention before, I don't own Lord of the Rings nor any of the characters found therein, JRR Tolkein owns them. Please R/R
"Da-ad." Garadoc Brandybuck cried to his father, his twin Pipadoc lingered close by. Merry turned away from the setting of the picnic and saw himself faced with a slight dilemma: his son's immaculately groomed hair seemed to have sprouted a growth of twigs. Pip looked on guiltily.
"What happened Gary?" he sighed, inspecting the damage.
"W-Well…" he sobbed, "Pip and I were playing ball- and then-and then- Pip kicked the ball under the hedge. I went to grab it and I got stuck! My hair got caught!"
Merry hummed over the protruding twigs. Each strand of hair was clutching greedily to a twig or leaf. It was more severe than previously thought, and Merry didn't have the time.
"Gary, we're going to need to cut your hair." He said seriously. Gary started to cry, all his beautiful brown hair, all of it to be cut off. Merry sighed as he produced a pair of scissors from his pockets and began to snip away at the irreversible damage. Soon the youth emerged with a shorter crop of hair, but the "best" part of it was on the ground with the twigs.
"You don't look like a girl anymore, Gary!" Pip hooted with delight. Gary glared at his brother with bitter annoyance.
"At least I only look like a girl. My dear Pip, you are a girl."
"Am not."
"Are too." He stuck out a waggling tongue.
"Stop bickering, boys! Go and help your mother, that way I can get you to stay out of trouble." He ushered them away towards the commotion of the picnic. As they ran down the hill, Gary was still bemoaning the loss of his brown curls. Honestly, Merry thought, glancing at the hair glinting in the grass, I should have called that boy Legolas when I had the chance. Takes more pride in his appearance than he does in his school work.
Merry noticed a great fuss happening to his left. It seemed that the Thane had arrived. He ran downhill, and leapt upon the unsuspecting Pippin Took. Pip shrieked in surprise and delight as the tall hobbit knocked him off his feet.
"Merry!" he laughed, "For the love of the Valar, you should stop doing that. You're the biggest hobbit in existence, an adult one at that, you could hurt someone, like me! And you're not really setting an example for the children." He nodded at the wide eyed Faramir, clutching Diamond's hand tightly. Merry laughed and hoisted Pippin back up to his feet.
"Just a silly jest, Pip, no harm done. Where's Sam?"
TBC