As always these are not my characters and I hope that if he were here now, J.R.R. Tolkien would find it in his heart not to sue me for borrowing them for this story.  In fact, I think it might be better if he didn't know about this so, lets keep this between us, shall we?

This is pre-quest for the most part.  Frodo is 37, Sam is 26, Merry is 24 and Pippin is 16.  The title comes from something said by a character in The Wind In The Willows .  The quote from that book is at the beginning of the story.

Hope you enjoy this and thank you for reading!

G.W.     04/04