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Chapter 2: Pip's First Bath
September 9, Third Age 2990
Today was an exciting day for both Merry and Pippin: today Pippin was getting his first bath! It was special bacause no one thought that Pippin would live past his first day, he was so weak and frail. He'd been born four months too early. He was now twelve days old. After Pippin's mother had died in childbirth, Pippin's father was stricken with grief and he didn't want Pippin. He began drinking heavily and he was in no fit state to care for a baby. Merry and his mother and father were to raise and take care of Pippin.
Merry gently placed Pippin in a tub of warm water. He carefully supported Pippin's head and neck in his hand. Pippin smiled and laughed as Merry gently washed the water over him.
"Does that feel good?" Merry asked, smiling as Pippin waves his arms and splashed.
"You'll always be my best friend and we'll look after each other always." Merry said.
He loved his new baby cousin like a brother. Merry laughed as laughed and splashed. Pippin wa so full of life, he was smiling almost all the time.
When Pippin was all clean, Merry liftled him up out of the tub and wrapped him in a warm, blue towel. He dried him off and put some fresh clothes on him. By the time Pippin was dried off and dressed, he'd fallen asleep. Merry carried him into the room they shared and layed him in the small, wooden crib. When Merry was sure Pippin was asleep and comfortable, he over to the bookshelf across the room and picked out his favorite book. He sat down in the wooden rocking chair in the corner and began reading his book.
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That night, as Esmarelda and Saradoc lay peacfully sleeping in their bed, Esmarelda woke up suddenly to the sound of a baby crying. She quickly jumped up and sprinted to Merry's room. When she opened the door, what she saw was touching: Merry sat on the edge of his bed, cradling Pippin in his arms and whispering reassuring words to the whimpering baby. In just a few seconds, Pippin stopped crying and relaxed. Esmarelda smiled and went back to bed.
Merry descided to let Pippin sleep in the bed with him so maybe he wouldn't cry as much. Merry layed down and brought the blankets up over them and all that night, Pippin didn't cry anymore.