Drabble – Bob and Bill

[rabidsamfan]

Whose little pony are you, to be wandering into my stable like you’ve been here betimes? Old Barliman he’s got ponies a-plenty, and oats are dear, what with all the troubles. But I don’t suppose as he’ll mind if I feed you once, and get these burrs from your hide.

Hold still, lad. How can you be so sure I’ve sugar in my pocket? Just a bit more brushing, now. You’re the image of a pony I once knew. Bless me if you’re not the very one. Why did they send you home?

Why haven’t they come back with you?




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Comments

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh... I love it! Sweet and friendly and with that hint of sadness in the last sentence... perfect! I'm looking forward to the next ones...

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Since I'm banging my head against the wall on other stories, I find myself drabbling just to keep my hand in. I flip open my book to the index and run my eye along names until an idea sparks.
I did manage to write something for Marigold's challenge though. And I've got the beginnings of that epilogue for the Ringbearer and the Rose.

Slowly slowly...

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

And I've got the beginnings of that epilogue for the Ringbearer and the Rose.

Really? Yay! I'm so looking forward to translate that!

Okay, I'm not impatient at all...

*strolls back to her work on Chapter 11 of that story with that red-haired healer and the funny herbmaster*

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

This was really nice. I like when people write about little gap fillers like that.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Gap fillers are my favorite sort of fic, actually. I find them hard to resist!

[illyria-novia.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! You got Bob talk down pat. That was poetry.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I couldn't decide if he was human or hobbit in my hasty scan of the book, so I just made him countrified.

[teasel.livejournal.com]

This is terrific! I agree with another commenter that you've got the voice down perfectly, and that last line is great -- sad and haunting.

I've always wondered what happened to Bill. This drabble is just how I'd like to imagine it.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yes -- I don't care how many blessings Gandalf put on that poor pony, he still had a long way to go. I think his reunion with Sam at the end of the book is one of the few places where I bounced up and down with delight upon my first reading.

[shirebound]

This is great! I love it when folks find a completely new point of view (or little-used character, like Bob) from which to view things.

:)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Me too! (That's another favorite sort of fic, actually.) Thanks!

[lullenny.livejournal.com]

I love gems like this. ; ) Lovely.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! did I ever mention that it was your icon that lured me into looking at your lj? (And finding that wonderful story!) I miss having Shoe in the funnies...