Little Hobbits
Disclaimer: The characters and places belong to J.R.R. Tolkien & the Tolkien estate. I am not making any money off of these stories but I am just writing them for my own amusement.
Summary: I actualy came up with the title of this story while listening to the "Little Women" soundtrack. Hehe.cute, isn't it? This is actually a Merry & Pippin story--a tale of their childhood right from when Pippin is born.
Chapter 1
News from Tookland
"Merry! Merry where are you?" Esmerelda Brandybuck hurried into one of the many nurseries at Brandy Hall searching for her young and only son Meriadoc. She had just received a letter from Paladin and Eglatine Took announcing the birth of their new baby boy, Peregrin. Sure enough, Esmerelda found Merry wrestling with his cousins Merimac and Mellilot and grimaced as they rolled right into a set of playing blocks knocking them all over the place.
"Meriadoc Brandybuck!"
The play immediately stopped and silence took over the room. "Yes Mama?" Merry asked after he and his cousins untangled themselves from each other and stood.
"I have some wonderful news," Esmerelda told her son in a very excited voice. She showed him the letter in her hand and he gasped.
"Auntie Eglatine had her new baby, didn't she?"
Esmerelda nodded. "In deed she did! Just last night as well. You, your father and I are going there at first light so we can see the new arrival. I hear your cousins Frodo and Bilbo are going to be there as well!"
Merry let out a whoop and did a little dance causing his elder cousins in the room to burst into laughter. "Does the letter describe what he's like?" Merry asked. Esmerelda smiled.
"It just says that they are certain Peregrin is going to be a little mischief-maker one day. He has that gleam in his eye.just as you did when you were first born."
Merry blushed and watched as his mother turned to leave the playroom. "Go on now to your bedroom and pack. You won't have time tomorrow."
Merry didn't argue-he bolted out of the room and headed down the corridor. When he entered his bedroom, he went to the window and gazed out at the late afternoon sky. The grounds of Brandy Hall were covered with dead leaves marking the start of the fall season. Soon the harvest would take place and then the harvest festival.one of the most exciting events of the year for the hobbits in the Shire. Thousands flocked to Hobbiton to sell and buy fresh produce to keep in store for the winter season and Merry always enjoyed his frequent visits to Bag-End to visit his favorite cousin so far, Frodo Baggins.
"But soon I'll have another playmate," the young hobbit said to himself with a smile. "Peregrin.hmm." He grabbed his suitcase and began stuffing clothes and other things into it. "I am beginning to like him already.and I haven't even seen him!" Once he finished packing he set the suitcase by his bedroom door and flopped down on his soft featherbed. Oh.how could he possibly wait all the way till the morning?
Disclaimer: The characters and places belong to J.R.R. Tolkien & the Tolkien estate. I am not making any money off of these stories but I am just writing them for my own amusement.
Summary: I actualy came up with the title of this story while listening to the "Little Women" soundtrack. Hehe.cute, isn't it? This is actually a Merry & Pippin story--a tale of their childhood right from when Pippin is born.
Chapter 1
News from Tookland
"Merry! Merry where are you?" Esmerelda Brandybuck hurried into one of the many nurseries at Brandy Hall searching for her young and only son Meriadoc. She had just received a letter from Paladin and Eglatine Took announcing the birth of their new baby boy, Peregrin. Sure enough, Esmerelda found Merry wrestling with his cousins Merimac and Mellilot and grimaced as they rolled right into a set of playing blocks knocking them all over the place.
"Meriadoc Brandybuck!"
The play immediately stopped and silence took over the room. "Yes Mama?" Merry asked after he and his cousins untangled themselves from each other and stood.
"I have some wonderful news," Esmerelda told her son in a very excited voice. She showed him the letter in her hand and he gasped.
"Auntie Eglatine had her new baby, didn't she?"
Esmerelda nodded. "In deed she did! Just last night as well. You, your father and I are going there at first light so we can see the new arrival. I hear your cousins Frodo and Bilbo are going to be there as well!"
Merry let out a whoop and did a little dance causing his elder cousins in the room to burst into laughter. "Does the letter describe what he's like?" Merry asked. Esmerelda smiled.
"It just says that they are certain Peregrin is going to be a little mischief-maker one day. He has that gleam in his eye.just as you did when you were first born."
Merry blushed and watched as his mother turned to leave the playroom. "Go on now to your bedroom and pack. You won't have time tomorrow."
Merry didn't argue-he bolted out of the room and headed down the corridor. When he entered his bedroom, he went to the window and gazed out at the late afternoon sky. The grounds of Brandy Hall were covered with dead leaves marking the start of the fall season. Soon the harvest would take place and then the harvest festival.one of the most exciting events of the year for the hobbits in the Shire. Thousands flocked to Hobbiton to sell and buy fresh produce to keep in store for the winter season and Merry always enjoyed his frequent visits to Bag-End to visit his favorite cousin so far, Frodo Baggins.
"But soon I'll have another playmate," the young hobbit said to himself with a smile. "Peregrin.hmm." He grabbed his suitcase and began stuffing clothes and other things into it. "I am beginning to like him already.and I haven't even seen him!" Once he finished packing he set the suitcase by his bedroom door and flopped down on his soft featherbed. Oh.how could he possibly wait all the way till the morning?