This letter was written when Aragorn was still a boy of 16 years old, with a lame comment of another elf on it.
Dear Mr Legolas,
Hello! Estel here.
I think you will be surprised to receive this letter from me. Meldarion taught me how to write an letter, and this is the first time that I have wrote to somebody. I do not know what to call you in a formal way, so I will just add Mister, just in case. Forgive me if my common tongue script isn't well enough, I haven't been practicing lately. But I can write the Sindarin script quite well. Look how beautifully I wrote your name! But I think your name in common tongue is Greenleaf? I am not sure.
I haven't heard from you in a while. Where have your been? You said that you will come at the end of summer, you said that you would tell me stories of elven heroes, worthy of epicene. But you didn't promise me. I should have ask you to. And now you didn't come, I do not know what to do. If I was clever, I would have asked you to make a vow.
Meldarion also taught me how to make a vow. He said that it is only for important occasions. He taught me a lot of things. You also taught me a lot of things. I haven't been practicing archery. I cannot focus on the target without you. Oh, and the string on my bow is a tiny bit loose, can you help me to make it tighter when you come to the Valleys of Imladris? Look, how beautiful are my elvish script!
Meldarion said that if you felt a strong affection towards an elf (or a man) of your gender, you call him brother. But you are a lot older than me. How am I supposed to call you brother? I don't know. Meldarion said that I can pour potato soup into your wine, and that will trick you, he said that you will then vomit and the mixture will go onto your hair, and you will make a meal out of it. I don't understand, Mr Legolas, how do you make a meal out of vomit, potato soup and wine?
Oh, and I have to talk about an essential (It is a new word I learned in common tongue. Does it mean "important"? I will have to ask Meldarion) matter. The people around me, the elves, I noticed a thing about them, and you. They don't seem to grow old. I've seen them for all these years, and they stayed the same. Meldarion said that men like me will grow old, that we don't have the life of the Eldar. What does that mean? Didn't we promised, or we made a vow with each other that we are going to spent our life together? What if I die first? You said that you were going to bring me to the world and we will journey together, what if I die before that? I am frightened. Please tell me that this will not happen, please, I don't want to die before you. I want us to die together, can we?
Well, that is pretty much it. I will have to sleep early. Lilith is going to train us tomorrow and I should get enough rest. I will seal it and give it to Eli. He will deliver it to you, he is going to the Woodland Realm. Hope to see you soon, and I will have to show you my new sword! It's very masculine(another new word Meldarion taught me).
See you.
Love and best wishes,
Estel
Hey, the kid's in love with you. Good for you. XD from Meldarion