“It’s midnight” Odovacar Bolger declared, looking at the time.

“HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

Several young voices exploded into cheers as 1399 turned into 1400, and the parents, Freddy, Estella, and Fatty’s good friend Folco enveloped each other into a many-armed hug.

“It’s not the 1300s anymore!” Estella squealed.

“1400, 1400, 1400!” Freddy chimed in.

Folco added a comment that elicited laughs from everybody. “We can tell our children that we’re so old that we saw TWO centuries!”  

Rosamunda Bolger grinned at her husband. “Oh,  I DO feel old now… but look at Bilbo Baggins! He was born in 1290! That’s three!”

Author’s note: Happy  new year, everybody! And now… to stop putting off the first day of three consecutive days  of sprintwork my coach oh-so-sweetly assigned as a New Year’s present… or perhaps I’ll complain about it in my livejournal first! (My livejournal username is speedyhobbit... big surprise)

Enjoy your day, all! =)