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[rabidsamfan]

Grieving for Gandalf

His tears he took with him, when the loss felt too heavy to share, and so discovered a slumbering kitchen garden at the edge of the City of the Trees, and a walled orchard. An Elven maiden worked there, pruning the pear trees, and after watching for a little he dug out the pocketknife that Bilbo had given him and set to work beside her. His fingers sought out the best places to trim the soft wood, and he murmured to the trees as he worked, promising it was for the best.

“You’ll grow back all the stronger, come Spring.”




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[shirebound]

The glimpses you give us of Sam and Middle-earth are incredible. What a lovely, healing scene -- it's just exactly what Sam would need, and what he would be driven to do.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yes. And I was contemplating just how Galadriel knew how to call him a "lover of trees" -- I mean, of course she probably read it in his head, but still...

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is lovely. Very "Sam". :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Lovely that Sam would find solace working in a garden and I liked the foreshadowing of Gandalf in the return of the stronger tree in Spring.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I wasn't thinking so much of Gandalf as of the Company having to be stronger despite the loss, but I like it!

Thank you!

[rosiegardener.livejournal.com]

I got a lump in my throat....*sob*...lovely. Your Sam is adorable.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Sam is adorable isn't he!

[illyria-novia.livejournal.com]

That seemingly innocent but prophetic last line and the snippet of how the tree might grieve the loss of its limbs and so Sam sees it fit to soothe and comfort it... Genius.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you (polishes her Wile-E-Coyote-SoooperGenius button and wonders why she hears a train whistle...)

Seriously, haven't you always known that Sam is the kind of gardener who talks to the plants?

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, as always :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Most of 'em seem to work, anyway.

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

My goodness, how sad, how strong, how beautiful. It's the highest time for the next Rabidsamfan-drabble-collection...

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes please. It fascinates me to look upon my works in a different language for some reason!

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

*smiles tearfully*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

*offers a hanky*

Thank you!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I think this is the perfect way for Sam to grieve, finding a little garden in need of tender care. Lovely :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I think so too. And there must have been gardens in Caras Galadhon -- Galadriel's at least! I looked up the royal horticultural society page to figure out what sort of thing might be needed that season, though!

[oliviaramirez]

This is beautiful too. My adjectives are repetitive but I hope you don't mind. So far I have not read one thing you wrote that wasn't worth reading. I'm not much good when it comes to commenting though. I do not have the gift of the gab, but I do know when I like something and I like this :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Still catching up.

I love comments, but I can live without them too, and I'm terrible about remembering to reply when I've got the blues, so it's nice when someone pops up occasionally to point out a piece they particularly liked. I'm always astounded by the things that readers see that I missed.