The Taming of Smeagol

(Later that evening… both hobbits are snoozing as something creeps down the stone cliff face towards them)

Gollum: (muttering to himself) Dirty rotten little thieves… just wait till I get my hands on them…

(Gollum creeps closer and closer… but just as he reaches for the nearest hobbit bundle…)

Frodo: (leaps up) Now, Sam!

Sam: (sits up and sprays Gollum in the face with a spritzer bottle) Take that!

Gollum: Ackpth! (falls off the wall and onto the ground)

Sam: *spritz spritz* Yeah! You don't like Lorien moth too much do you?

Frodo: I knew that powdered moth wing was good for something. Glad you remembered your spritzer bottle.

Sam: Never leave home without it.

Gollum: (cowers as Sam brandishes the bottle) Hisssss…

Frodo: Aw… he's kinda cute. Like a disgustingly bald, emaciated rodent of some sort.

Sam: Yeah… he's adorable… can we kill him now?

Frodo: No! I'm gonna keep him. (proudly pats a very confused Gollum on the head)

Sam: (lowers the bottle) Great… so what good is he?

Frodo: I dunno… (examines Gollum for a moment) I bet he lives near here! Hey, little guy… can you show us the way into Morder and up to that nice flamey mountain?

Gollum: (stares for a moment before answering warily) … yes… but why does they wants to go there?

Sam: That's none of your business you ugly bald rat you.

Frodo: Sam! You can't be mean to him like that!

Sam: Why not?

Frodo: (ignores Sam and considers Gollum, one finger tapping at his mouth as he thinks) He needs a name…

Gollum: We has a name! Gollum! Gollum!

Frodo: Awww… what a cough! He's sick, Sam!

Sam: (muttering to himself) I'll say…

Frodo: (patting Gollum on the head again) I'm gonna call him Jerry.

Sam: What kind of a name is Jerry?

Frodo: (looking affronted and hugging Gollum protectively) A good name!

Gollum: Gack! (scrabbles for freedom as Frodo's arms wrap around his skinny neck)

Sam: Well "Jerry" has to go home now… don't you "Jerry"?

Gollum: (nods desperately, still trying to struggle free)

Frodo: No he does not! He's coming with us and that's that!

Sam: Arrgh! Fine! But he's YOUR responsibility!

Frodo: Yay! (releases Gollum and suddenly starts digging in Sam's pack)

Sam: Hey! What are you doing?

Frodo: Well he needs a leash! And you've got that nifty moth rope thing in here. Ah ha! Here it is!

(Frodo pulls out the rope which shimmers slightly in the moonlight. Gollum stares in horror…)