Of the Giving of Gifts by Lily Dragonquill
Larner · 28 December 2007 · Chapter 1: Of the Giving of Gifts
Of all the lessons associated with the holidays that parents can teach, this is the best and most important of all. And Frodo was ALWAYS a good learner!
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Indeed, Frodo was a good learner and Primula would have been very proud of him had she been there. Thanks!
Neilia · 28 December 2007 · Chapter 1: Of the Giving of Gifts
I like this story of Frodo growing and learning the real meaning of 'giving' and the happiness that comes with it.
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Thanks a lot!
Antane · 28 December 2007 · Chapter 1: Of the Giving of Gifts
A lovely story - esp. loved the Frodo and Merry ending and the joy and love there. Frodo's greatest gift to all Middle-earth would come some thirty years later and he received some gifts in return, didn't he? Sam's love, the trip West... Happy Yule! Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
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Merry is like a brother to Frodo. As for Frodo's gift for Middle-earth I'm not quite sure if he really realised what he was giving. Thanks a lot, Antane!
Andrea · 28 December 2007 · Chapter 1: Of the Giving of Gifts
It’s all about seeing the happiness in the faces of those you give a present to.” “But I didn’t get to see them,” Frodo pointed out. *Grins* Now, that's a good point! Frodo was too young to understand it fully, but eleven years later he still remembered what his mother had told him. I can very well imagine the joy he felt when he received Merry's straw star. And since I don't know if there is an appropriate English expression: Einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr :)
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Our Frodo is a clever little boy :) Dir auch einen guten Rutsch - und ich verspreche, es wird wieder mehr von den Schicksalsjahren geben in 2008... auch wenn meine Schreibzeit noch rarer werden und die Musen noch weiter wegziehen werden :p