Doodle #3
Yummy! Potato Stew
(SF)
Sam had found potatoes, wonderful potatoes!
Frodo and Sam had not been separated from the rest of the Fellowship long, but lembas, sadly, was getting boring. So Sam decided to make some potato stew.
Sam ate his share quickly, just so he could keep his attention on Frodo's defense… by keeping his eye on Sméagol. They had given Sméagol a bowl of stew and a spoon, but he didn't seem very interested in it, and after a sniff, he just glared at it. Sam looked briefly over at Frodo, who was sitting on his legs, holding his bowl with both hands, and sucking on his spoon, looking off to space with a dreamy face that simply stated, "Yummy." He intended to thoroughly enjoy every bit of Sam's delightful cooking. Sam smiled, glad to please his master.
Suddenly a screech came from Gollum. "O! It burnssss usss! It isss hot! Get it off usss, hobbitsessss! Master! Nasssty fat hobbit! Gets it off usss!" he squealed. Somehow he had managed to flip the bowl over on to his head, and he now had thick, hot stew broth and chunks of cooked potato and carrots running down his grey face.
Sam narrowly dodged the spoon that was accidentally flung at him and stared in slight humor at Sméagol, who was now running in circles and waving his arms.
Frodo sighed contently at the taste of the stew, and continued eating, not noticing Sméagol at all.
