Auntiemeesh
· 7 September 2005
· Chapter 4: Part 4
What a sweet story. You've done such a good job with the psychology of it all, Pippin feeling young and insecure about the fact that everyone else is out of school, as it were, while he's still going through all the awkwardness of adolescence, and Merry being of no help because he's still young enough to feel left out and resentful. Thank goodness for the steadying presence of Sam. I can't wait to see how this all works out. :)
Author's reply
Thank you. Glad you like it. I was nervous about Sam as I don't write him often. More over the weekend.
Larner
· 6 September 2005
· Chapter 3: Part 3
Bless Sam, rock of support that he always is. Pippin needs support, and Sam is letting him lean on that foundation. Lovely!
Author's reply
Sam is actually doing a great job of keeping things under control while attempting to teach Pippin something along the way. He is a very brave gardener to take this one on. But everyone knows that Sam is special.
Larner
· 6 September 2005
· Chapter 2: Part 2
The terrors of the small Took with the hammer in his hand! I'm not giggling now--I'm outright guffawing! Sam is already earning the title of Samwise the Brave--or is it Samwise the Foolhardy?
Tobias and the Gaffer are earning the right to drink their breakfast, you know!
Author's reply
You know this may have been Sam's training for the quest. After this, Mordor might not have seemed all that dangerous.
Cheers!
Baggins Babe
· 6 September 2005
· Chapter 3: Part 3
I am loving this story, even if I do want to shake Merry! Frodo must have a lot of patience not to kick the irritating tween.
Oh Sam! He is so adorable and so patient with poor, ham-fisted Pip. Loved the foot-guards and the fact that he is now looking for a helmet. I've been giggling so much at this that people are starting to think I'm madder than Denethor!
Great story - looking forward to the next chapter. Sam may well need a suit of armour by then!
Author's reply
You don't have a Palantir about do you? Happy to hear that you are getting some laughs out of this one. Just don't set anything on fire and you should be ok. LOL
Bodkin
· 6 September 2005
· Chapter 3: Part 3
Frodo is very strong-willed - not to have thumped Merry yet. It all goes to show that Pippin might be a sensitive, easily-hurt teen, but Merry is still at the huffy tween stage. I don't know how Frodo and Sam cope!
Sam is a star. If anyone can get Pippin through this, it'll be him. And, hopefully, boost his confidence along the way. I think Frodo might find it a bit more tricky to bring Merry to an understanding of his own weaknesses though.
Looking forward to the next part!
Author's reply
Thank you for reading and I am glad that you are enjoying this one. I think everyone may just learn a thing or two before this is over, even Meriadoc. LOL
Larner
· 6 September 2005
· Chapter 1: Part 1
You have me giggling. With Pippin holding (and most likely alternately dropping it and letting go as he tries to pound) I suspect that Pippin and Sam would indeed do well to have a helmet on hand. It would be right useful!
Author's reply
Someone really should send for the saftey inspector for this job site. LOL Thanks for reading and I am very glad that you giggled.
MaidenofValinor
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 3: Part 3
oooh Merry. Being a brat now are we? He does need a swift kick *kicks merry*
awww Sam and Pippin are so cute!! I love the way the interact
Great story so far
Author's reply
Thank you. Glad you are enjoying it and thank you for reviewing!
MaidenofValinor
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 2: Part 2
I think I recognize those gloves..... ;)
Author's reply
LOL Thanks for reading.
Jeodo Brandybuck
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 2: Part 2
This is wonderful! I loved the last line, in particular. I'm having a grand time reading this and am looking forward to the next episode. Thanks!
Jeodo Brandybuck
Author's reply
Thank you! Good to hear from you. I hope you will be writing something soon. I just love your stories. Glad you are enjoying this one. It was supposed to be a short little story but it has just gotten out of hand and now it looks like there will be plenty more to come. Thanks for the review!
PIppinfan1988
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 2: Part 2
Seems that poor Pip is just accident prone...*anybody* could nail themselves to a board... That darned Merry--but I still love him! Good old Sam. :-) Had a good laugh with Tunnely and the Gaffer!
Pippinfan
Author's reply
More Gaffer in a few. I am having so much fun with him. He's a great character to write. I may have to put him in all of my stories if this keeps up. Funny Sam is hard for me to write but his father is so much fun! Glad this made you laugh!
PIppinfan1988
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 1: Part 1
Poor little Pippin! Yeah, that Merry indeed is being insufferable right now. He's needing a swift...well, we'll wait on that bit. I know Sam is coming to the rescue! Good old Sam. And you are writing him excellently!
Pippinfan
Author's reply
Wow, thanks for the lovely words about Sam. You do know how I worry. In fact over on LJ I have Gamgeefest looking for non-Sam-like behavior because I am so paranoid about him. Glad you like this and thank you for reviewing over here. You are a darling.
PIppinfan1988
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 0: Another disclaimer
LOL!! You cheeky lass! "Old" Hamfast is spinning in his hobbit grave right now.
Author's reply
I don't know 'bout you, but I hate trying to calculate the ages of everyone involved and so after I get the main characters out of the way, I just don't. LOL Hopefully, Hamfast won't read any of this. hehehehe
frodo16424
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 2: Part 2
ROFLOL! "Sam was laying flat on the barn floor with his hands over his head. He peered up at Master Pippin and said, “I think so. I didn’t know I could move that fast.”
Poor Sam! Hope he survives working with Pippin! Will be waiting for more.
Author's reply
Thanks for reading and I am glad you got a laugh out of this chapter. More will be up by tonight and thank you for the review!
merimas gamgee
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 2: Part 2
“Least you got other children, Gaffer. I only had that one work table.”
Classic line. Pure hardworking Hobbit. Keep it coming.
cheers,
merimas
Author's reply
Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement and the review. I was rather fond of that line myself. LOL More to come soon, I promise.
Bodkin
· 5 September 2005
· Chapter 2: Part 2
That is one big huff that Merry is in! And it's ALL HIS OWN FAULT. I suppose that, now Pippin is getting older, he's not quite as willing to worship his big cousin and is beginning to show signs of independence. But Merry likes to be needed.
Sam is a much better - and very brave - support at this time, though. Pippin may well come out of this having learnt a huge amount. And not just about carpentry. (Measure twice, cut once, Pippin.)
And poor Frodo. Having to deal with woodworking Pippin, sidetracked Sam and crotchety Merry. Demands beyond the call of duty for a bachelor cousin. Still at least he knows Pippin's trials from experience.
Tobias Tunnely is just plain chicken, though.
Author's reply
Thanks for the review. Merry does have issues at this point, but Pippin has a few of his own that will turn up directly. Sam is always a dear and in this case, he is the best hobbit for the job. As ro Frodo, his troubles are just beginning in this one. Once again, the responsibility falls on the oldest and we know who that is. Oh, and you haven't heard the last of Tobias Tunnely in this one either.
Armariel
· 4 September 2005
· Chapter 1: Part 1
"Piss off, Merry"???? I'm cracking up! Your characterization is always a delight!!
Author's reply
Thank you. That line got this little story its PG rating. I like a grumpy Frodo from time to time. Besides, Merry was driving him crazy. LOL
Lindelea
· 4 September 2005
· Chapter 1: Part 1
“I doubt that Frodo or I will ever know because you don’t seem to be willing to let us see it,” Merry pointed out.
Logical Merry, and not quite old enough yet to have the same compassion Frodo shows.
In fact, his cousin Berilac Brandybuck had told him that if your thumbnail did fall off that it hardly ever grew back.
How mean! But typical of youth, I'm afraid... My brothers used to do just the same sort of thing.
Ai! Merry needs to do something about that problem he has with self-confidence!
“Frodo, Pippin is never going to be a carpenter,” Merry said. “He is going to be the sort of hobbit who hires folks like Tobias Tunnely to build things for him.”
Merry is so very... practical here that one could cheerfully throttle him.
Well... I'm certainly glad Pippin didn't swallow any of the nails. (Of course, such a thing might well be lethal, in his day and age.)
That rabbit of Pippin's? Is this a story I missed?
Ummm... I hate to say this, seeing what a fine hobbit Merry turned out to be and all, but I am really looking forward to seeing him get his comeuppance.
My guess would be that Pippin is building a wheelbarrow. Am I right? His wheelbarrow sounds a bit like my first attempt to build bookshelves.
Hah. I'm right!
‘No,” Pippin said. “I nailed his sleeve to a board, dropped another board on one of his feet, accidentally spilt some of that grease that you use on wheels down the front of his shirt, and sawed a small table in half.” Pippin cleared his throat. “I think he was doing a good job of being patient with me until I dropped the hammer on his head and then he had a very hard time keeping his temper. That’s when he said that I should work on my project by myself for a week. He said that he would come by and see how I was managing after that.” Pippin looked at Sam and continued. “Do they make some sort of foot guard that fits on your head? Maybe like a helmet?”
You have me laughing out loud. I'm sure you expected that. Well, you were right.
“I can tell that all right,” Sam agreed.
Diplomatic Sam!
And you have me laughing at the end!
Definitely looking forward to more.
Author's reply
I was also told that my thumbnail would fall off and never come back by a friend when I was a child. LOL That one must ring true with lots of people.
This Merry knows too much for his own good. One of those folks that doesn't have too much trouble doing anything he tries and can't see why others have a problem or two. You are right though, he is practical.
The bit with the nails in the mouth was Sam being practical. Difference is Sam was also diplomatic. I think this quaility is overlooked in Sam at times. He was very diplomatic and that helped make him an excellent Mayor.
You had an easier time guessing this one than Sam did and he was looking right at it! LOL
So glad you got a laugh or two. I am posting the second chapter later tonight and the Gaffer will have a thing or two to say.
Oh the rabbit that belongs to Pippin is in several stories but the incident that Merry is referring too was in a challenge story called, "Errol" that is one of the "Brandybuck and Took" stories. Linkhttp://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=2364&cid=14435 if you are interested.
Thanks for reading and for letting me know which parts you enjoyed.
Bodkin
· 4 September 2005
· Chapter 1: Part 1
Especially, I would think, by Mister Tunnely. And it would be rather pleasant to see Merry's overwheening self-confidence take a bit of a knock. He's old enough to learn that arrogance isn't that attractive a quality!
I don't know how you manage to keep producing so many absolutely brilliant Merry/Pippin stories. It's a true talent!
Author's reply
Thank you! I seem to think in Merry and Pippin for some reason, Brilliant? I don't know about that one. I do thank you though and I am glad you are enjoying this one. Merry and Mister Tunnely both need a few lessons in this case.
Lindelea
· 4 September 2005
· Chapter 0: Another disclaimer
I saw this on LJ but didn't have time to read it.
Hurrah for another GW story!
Author's reply
My prologue reviewer is here! Yes this one is on LJ and here at the moment. That seems to work for me. I post it there and see how it goes and then move it over here. Thanks for reviewing this prologue.
good_one_pip
· 4 September 2005
· Chapter 1: Part 1
Hmmm, this is a fascinating puzzle. There's a tween Frodo carpentry story hidden in this Pippin story as well. I suspect, though, that in the way of most good authors you will keep all of us poor readers wondering about it for some time yet. LOL! That's ok, I can wait, and I love your hobbit stories.
Poor Pippin and poor Tunnely. I was right. Pippin and carpentry is just asking for trouble. But hopefully, my favorite young Took will prove everyone wrong before all this is over and make this project into something he can be proud of.
PS. Before you even described the project in detail, when Sam just caught a glimpse of a piece of wood with two poles sticking out of one end, I immediately guessed that it was a wheelbarrel. And personally, I think three wheels, when properly replied, is a good idea!
Author's reply
Before this is over you just might get a tale about Frodo's carpentry. Look for more carpentry sometime this evening as I will post a second chapter tonight. I'm glad you could guess what Pippin was trying to build. Sam had a bit of trouble guessing and he wa looking at it! LOL More about Pippin's idea for three wheels later in this story.
good_one_pip
· 4 September 2005
· Chapter 0: Another disclaimer
This looks interesting. Pippin and hammers...Why does that combination set off warning bells in my brain? LOL Thanks for supplying me with more much-needed hobbit stories:)
Author's reply
It should set off those warning bells. LOL Pippin does not exactly do well with a hammer. Thank you for reading this!