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| And Where Are the Children? by Larner | 1 Review(s) |
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| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 6/23/2025 |
| My heart goes out to the poor, anxious little girls. Telling Sam not to fuss must be a little like telling the wind not to blow... A Man! What in the world!? Poor fellow. But on the bright side, it sounds like he's been adopted by a hobbit family. I can think of worse things. But oh my! His reaction to seeing Frodo is frightening! (I love the details about the ponies...) What an interesting idea, that through the power of the Ring and the pureness of their hearts, Sam and Frodo were somehow able to guard what they held dear! At last, we have the explanation of what frightened the ruffians and their ponies. But alas, poor Frodo! I'm so glad they recovered the spinning wheel and looms! (Did I ever tell you how much Middlest of the Not-so-wee-hobbits longs to have a good-sized loom and a spinning wheel? She's already mastered the drop spindle and a smaller loom. But good tools are costly, so it'll have to remain something on her wish list, at least for now..) Was the secret bolthole, as was "common in the region", a relic of the goblin invasion in Bandobras's time? Imagining a Big Man as a Hobbit nanny made me smile. The last paragraph was a paragon of comfort. (I hope I used the word correctly...) It seems that what we mainly need now is to reunite the children with their grieving father. Author Reply: Considering what the children saw the Big Men do to their home and their father, I don't blame them for being anxious. It had to be a relief to find themselves being confronted by familiar Hobbit faces. Yes, telling Sam not to fuss must have been as meaningless as telling your average pomeranian not to bark. Heh! Sauron would have been appalled that his creation, his "least of rings," was used to guard people and places far to the north that were dear to the hearts of those who'd trespassed so in his lands. Yes, these two were sufficiently pure to bring goodness rather than evil and destruction out of Its power. I love your description of how in this case the Ring was inadvertently used to good purposes for a change! Thank you for that. Actually, the idea of the secret boltholes was inspired by "Thorn and Thain!" That the Hobbits of the Shire were hiding in trees and tunnels unseen by the Witchking's marauders to hide refugees from the battles as they fled west to Mithlond or the Elven strongholds has stayed with me for years. And that at least one small Man might find himself hiding from his own kind among the children of Lodo Teasel just tickled my fancy as well. Am FINALLY getting that vacation I've not had since last September. Will you be home next week? | |