Chapter 5: Water Fun
July 19, Third Age 2993
Merry carried his two-year-old cousin to the edge of the pond and sat down in knee-deep water. Saradoc and Esmarelda sat down under a large apple tree and spread out a blanket. Merry, his father, his mother, and Pippin were going to spend the day at the pond behind their house and have a picnic. Pippin slightly gasped as the cool water met his skin. Merry stood him up on his short legs and let him stand. Pippin walked over to a small patch of lilly pads that were blooming briliant, white blosoms. He reached out and picked one of the white flowers and went back to Merry. He handed the flower to Merry and smiled.
"Thank you." Merry said as he took the flower.
As Merry looked up to the lilly pad patch, he saw a fat, green bull frog on one of them.
"Pippin, look, there's a frog." he said, pointing to it.
Pippin turned around and walked over to the frog and reached down to touch it. At the touch, the frog leaped off the lilly pad and into the water. Pippin laughted and followed the frog. He reached down into the water and touched the frog again. It leaped out of the water and landed on Merry's shoulder. Merry yelped and jumped and as the frog leaped off him, he fell backwards into the water. when he came up, he had a big lilly pad on his head. Pippin laughed walked over to Merry.
"You look funny, Merry." he said through his laughter.
Merry took the lilly pad off his head and looked at Pippin playfully.
"You made that frog jump on me on perpous." he said.
"The frog wasn't on perpous," Pippin said as he splashed Merry in the face, "But that was!"
Merry splashed Pippin back.
"No fair, you're not supposed to pick on someone smaller than you." Pippin said.
"Oh, really?" Merry said, grabbing Pippin and tickling him.
Pippin screamed and laughed, he was very ticklish. When the tickle fight was over, Pippin fell into Merry's arms, trying to catch his breath from laughing so hard. Merry wrapped his arms around Pippin and hugged him.
"I'm glad you're my friend." Pippin said, hugging Merry back.
"Me, too." Merry said as he gently hugged Pippin's tiny body.