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Missing  by TopazTook 31 Review(s)
LarnerReviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/31/2007
Poor lad! He's lost his biscuits and, apparently, consciousness as well. Hope that it's not a wild dog coming. Poor Pippin!

Author Reply: Yes, poor Pippin -- not only does he get injured, but he also loses the food! Hmm, well so far we know it's an "animal's" whufflings...

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/31/2007
Oh dear! Poor baby! I hope he's found very soon...

Author Reply: Yes, poor Pippin: he certainly suffers a lot in fanfic.

Pearl TookReviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/31/2007
Oh no! Poor young thing! I hope someone finds our lad soon.

So beautifully written, Topaz!

Author Reply: Thank you, Pearl!

The poor little guy has rather gotten himself into a mess, here...

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/28/2007
I remember both my mother reading me that when I was small, and then my Kindergarten teacher, who loved RLS. I related when daylight savings started, and I'd go to bed when the clock read nine but the sun was still out, there toward the end of the school year. I've never forgiven those who have saddled us with daylight savings time to this day!

Author Reply: I didn't read until an adult (although I do love Robert Louis Stevenson), but certainly can remember the sentiment! (And guess what? Daylight Savings Time starts early this year -- next weekend already! Good grief. And it doesn't end until November.)

Grey WondererReviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/27/2007
So very sweet. I love that Pippin was brave enough to sit on his grandmother's lap even though he hardly knew her. I also like the fact that he knows that not everything he is told by the adults is completely true. Clever Pip!

Author Reply: Like I just said to dreamflower, I like showing Pippin as a child learning about and exhibiting some of the same traits he'll exhibit when he grows up. I figured he wouldn't be one of the shy kids, LOL.

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/27/2007
Aww...Topaz, this is just so very sweet. I love little Pippin's dawning realization that he can be "nice" and be of help to people, and that it is a pleasant thing to do. And it's so lovely--makes me curious about that Banks grandmother, and what the real reason might be that Pippin hasn't visited.

Author Reply: Thank you. It is fun to show him learning to be the kind-hearted hobbit he grows up to be. I think the reasons Pippin hasn't visited has, as Violet thinks, more to do with his and his grandfather's health than his age. Poor Violet is still missing her husband in this story...but she's also finding it an opportunity to get to know her grandson.

Pearl TookReviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/27/2007
It is quite nice to be kind to others. Pip's a good wee lad. And I love the poem/song! How very true it is.

Well done, Topaz :-)

Author Reply: Thank you! He is very kind-hearted. And I love Robert Louis Stevenson.

Grey WondererReviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/30/2007
Poor Frodo. I don't know if he will convince Merry or if Merry will convince him. In either case I think both of them will be hearing more from Pippin on the subject. I'm glad you posted tonight. I needed a bedtime story! I'm looking forward to more of this one.

Author Reply: Well, each of the cousins has his own road to travel in relation to the title. Glad I provided you with a bedtime story. At my house last night, that was "Good Night, Moon" (good night nobody...good night mush...good night air...good night noises everywhere)



Pearl TookReviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/30/2007
I love Merry's determination! I think Frodo is up against a worthy "foe". Well done :-)

Author Reply: Well, they both do have strong personalities -- according to Merry, anyway, they're both Brandybucks. ;)

Thanks.


LarnerReviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/30/2007
Unfortunately, this was not one grief Frodo could spare Merry (or anyone, for that matter). Losing those we love is simply a part of life.

Author Reply: Yes, it is an unfortunate but inevitable sadness that comes to all of us.



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