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[rabidsamfan]

From a shirebunny:

No matter how carefully you tried, in a hole full of children things got mislaid. So when he saw the box again he paused, remembering how it felt to stand on the green grass of Lorien and take it into his hands for the first time.

“G for Galadriel, and for garden,” he whispered, tracing his finger over the carved rune gently. “G for a gift that’s never stopped being given, no matter all the years.”

“G for Goldilocks!” his small daughter crowed, shaking it to make the pretty pebbles she’d collected make a noise as they rattled about inside.



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Comments

[pipspebble.livejournal.com]

OHHH! This was just FABulous! What an incredible amount of emotion and memories and hope you managed to put into so few words. A lovely, lovely picture of our Samwise and the gift that keeps on giving. Thank you for being so inspired!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I could see him very clearly in this one.

[mariole.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I'm cringing. That beautiful box, and pebbles! I hope it's really tough wood. *winces on Sam's behalf*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

It must have been pretty durable to have survived in his pocket all that way. And I imagine the inside wasn't too elaborate. *Grin*

[frodobaggins-88.livejournal.com]

Good job! I enjoyed it. It was a sweet moment worded excellently. :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm glad you found it sweet.

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

*big smile*

How beautiful!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I knew a mom could appreciate this one! *grin*

[elycia.livejournal.com]

Hee!!! Nothing is sacred in a houseful of kids, is it? I'm sure most of us made our parents cringe just as horribly at some point.

Do you think Sam would have the heart to take it away from her? I don't. :-)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I can't see him taking it from her. Quietly reappropriating it when she was distracted by something shiny, perhaps. ;)

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

This is wonderful!!!
Sorry for reading so few of your stories at the moment, but that will change again as soon as I am home, promise :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

That's okay. We can only read when we're in the mood, really.

[shirebound]

What a lovely scene! Hopefully, someday the children will realize what that box truly represents. But in the meantime... I love the fact that Sam is letting them enjoy it as they will.

:)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I like the idea that it won't just sit gathering dust, too.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Sam is such a good daddy. And you are such a great author. :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[illyria-novia.livejournal.com]

So that's what becomes of the box! I'm sure the other G would very much approve. :)

I love this! Thank you!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I often wonder just how softhearted the elves are about children.

[cpsings4him.livejournal.com]

This is even better than I imagined you would make it - and I knew with you writing it, it would be really GOOD! I especially love the ending. You have a real gift for these drabbles.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Drabbles are a lazy writer's way of not having to think up plots, but I'm enjoying writing them, LOL!

[elendiari22.livejournal.com]

Aww! Nothing is sacred in a house full of children. Hopefully, Goldilocks will take good care of that box. :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

She'll take as good a care of it as she knows how, I'm sure. Hopefully...

[elanor1013.livejournal.com]

If it makes it past her childhood, I'm sure she will treasure that box for a long time.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Heheheh, that's a big "if", isn't it?

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Really beautiful :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

I can see all my reactions in the various comments all the way up above mine. This was both cringe-inducing ("Don't shake the box too hard!"), and emotional (I want to hug Sam). And yet, it seems very right for such natural treasures of the earth to be kept safe inside.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

OOOh, I like that response. I didn't even think of the pebbles as being a parallel to Galadriel's gift, but you're right. Thank you!