Drabble and a half: Promise

[rabidsamfan]

Hush, now, little one, your mam needs a mite more sleep, I'm thinking. So come along with your old dad, and we'll watch the night together for a while. Softer than Gandalf's beard you are, and sweeter than all the flowers of Ithilien, and why you'd want to come to a plain hobbit like Sam Gamgee I don't know. But you're here now, and as pretty as the stars in the sky. Come along with me, and I'll show you them.

There, there, no need to fuss. I didn't drop Mr. Frodo on that mountain and I shan't drop you, neither, for all that there's no more bones to you than a lump of dough waiting to rise. I'm strong enough to carry you. I'll carry you to the high towers of Gondor or to the Sea, if that's what you wish for most. I'll carry you to the moon.