Big Folks

Apr. 14th, 2004 11:56 pm
rabidsamfan: samwise gamgee, I must see it through (nap)
They don’t understand, these Big Folk, what it’s like to find yourself the size of a fauntling; to have to run to keep up, and hunt out chairs with rungs between the legs so you can climb them, and then still need a book beneath you to find the table. They don’t understand why you have to look away or get a crick in your neck when talking to them.

They don’t understand that you might be older than they are. That they look as much like children to you as you do to them.

But some of them try.


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rabidsamfan: samwise gamgee, I must see it through (quest)
Simple Folk

Just look at them, sitting here, bold as brass, like they never run off and made folks wonder.

Just look at them, sitting there, laughing and joking, like they never felt the touch of shadow.

Not a word of explanation, not to anyone. It’s a blessing Will Whitfoot kept Lobelia out of that hole after all.

We couldn’t explain, not that anyone’s asked. At least they didn’t try to auction off Bag End.

Perhaps when they’ve had a pint or two, they’ll find their tongues again.

Perhaps when we’ve had a pint or two, this will feel like home again.

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rabidsamfan: samwise gamgee, I must see it through (Default)
Posted as chapter 4 of AotPB on my ff.n page

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