As everyone knows by now, these are not my characters.  They belong to J.R.R. Tolkien and I am just borrowing them.  The hobbits in this story are not mine and neither is the Shire.  I do, however, lay claim to the hammer that is involved.  Hope you enjoy this one and thank you for reading.

G.W.     09/04/2005

Oh, in case you want to know, Pippin is 17, Merry is 25, Sam is 27, Frodo is 39 and Hamfast Gamgee is just plain old.