Ch. 3 - Hide and Seek

They had played hide and seek all morning and still he had not been able to find him. Always, he had to surrender. Then, it would be his turn to hide and he would be found before a moment’s hesitation. He knew his playmate was quick, but this was becoming absurd.

Now, he wished his playmate was with him, for he had been commanded to find the halflings and protect them. Instead, he found the band of Orcs charging down the hill towards the defenseless little ones.

“Faramir,” he sighed. “Would that you had taught these little ones to hide.”