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Changing of the Guard

Mithrandir said to watch for two, but here there were four, and under Tom Bombadil’s wing. Not coming by the Road, either but riding to meet it from the south, as if no dangers lurked beyond Deadman’s Dike. Three of them wore heavy woolens despite the lingering heat of the day, and he might have thought them borderers, for they all wore swords, had it not been for the fourth, with his scholar’s softness and the oddly familiar set to his chin.

Tom’s eyes twinkled as he spotted the watcher, “No ordinary travelers,” they said.

And Aragorn nodded. “I know.”



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Changing of the Guard

Mithrandir said to watch for two, but here there were four, and under Tom Bombadil’s wing. Not coming by the Road, either but riding to meet it from the south, as if no dangers lurked beyond Deadman’s Dike. Three of them wore heavy woolens despite the lingering heat of the day, and he might have thought them borderers, for they all wore swords, had it not been for the fourth, with his scholar’s softness and the oddly familiar set to his chin.

Tom’s eyes twinkled as he spotted the watcher, “No ordinary travelers,” they said.

And Aragorn nodded. “I know.”



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Shirebound's set free this bunny and it bit me:

Here's Hope

I’m not supposed to bother visitors, but I can watch from here, and no one ever sees me. It’s Dwarves this time. Cranky dwarves. Elladan says that Dwarves are always cranky and when I was little I was scared of their beards, but I don’t remember that.

Still, they’re not all Dwarves. They’ve got a Wizard with them, and one more. I try to see, but now they’ve gone inside, and all I can remember is curly hair, ruddy cheeks and big bare feet. Someone new. Someone without a beard.

Someone my size.

I wonder if he’ll want to play?

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Shirebound's set free this bunny and it bit me:

Here's Hope

I’m not supposed to bother visitors, but I can watch from here, and no one ever sees me. It’s Dwarves this time. Cranky dwarves. Elladan says that Dwarves are always cranky and when I was little I was scared of their beards, but I don’t remember that.

Still, they’re not all Dwarves. They’ve got a Wizard with them, and one more. I try to see, but now they’ve gone inside, and all I can remember is curly hair, ruddy cheeks and big bare feet. Someone new. Someone without a beard.

Someone my size.

I wonder if he’ll want to play?

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