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Re: Fan Fiction
“Ah dad, you’ve told me that one before,” said the young hobbit smiling up from where he sat on the floor before his father. “Everyone knows about the Bullroarer. Don’t you know any other stories? ”
The older hobbit stood from his chair, looking down at his son.
“You should be proud of what old Bandobras did for the Shire, Faramir. After all, he was your great, great....well ... he was a great ancestor of ours.”
He crossed the room to a tall bookshelf filled with many dusty, leatherbound volumes. Most of them were labeled with a large ‘T’ indicating they contained the genealogical histories of the Took clan. Pippin reached up to the highest shelf and pulled down a small, brown book. It, too, was marked with ‘T’, but it was also bound with a delicate silken ribbon.
“This is one I don’t think I’ve read to you before, Faramir.”, he said, returning to his seat and untying the ribbon. “It was given to me by Frodo Baggins just before he...left. His mother wrote most of it before Frodo was born.”
Faramir moved closer to his father to get a better look.
“Is it about old ‘Broadbelt’ Brandybuck and the secret tunnels of Buckland?”
Pippin laughed. “No, it’s not about old Gorbadoc. It is about one the many brothers of his wife, Mirabella Took. She related this story to her daughter and had her write it down so it would not be forgotten, and Miss Primula recorded what she told her in the pages of this very book.
“Have you ever heard of Isengar the Mariner?”
Faramir’s eyes grew wide, “Isengar the Mariner! The seafaring hobbit!?”
Pippin grinned at the excitment he now saw in his son’s eyes.
“Yes. This is the story of Isengar Took who became a mariner in his youth and sailed the Great Sea beyond the Havens. Would you like to hear of his adventures?”
“Yes!”
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Edited by <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000002>RKittle</A> <IMG SRC=http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/oneringicon.gif BORDER=0 WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10> at: 8/4/00 5:22:27 pm