[Esgallhugwen]

Poppy laughed slightly at Berilac for thinking that Lily was her daughter. "oh, no she isn't, she's my neighbor, her Mom passed away you see, so I took it upon myself to look after her; yes she is quite the bundle of cuteness, isn't she?" Lily looked up at the other Hobbit and smiled with her big blue eyes.

"Thank you for coming up here to see that we don't get crushed, but I think we'll survive, your welcome to stay if you like but I think your family would want you to come back" she smiled warmly at Berilac, the bright torch giving her green eyes even more of a shimmer.

Poppy was about to go back herself to see how Mungo was doing when he came out of the dark crowd and gave her a pat on the shoulder. She gave a startled gasp than laughed and gave her grandpa a mischievious stare.

"This here is my grandpa Mungo Goldworthy, he may look a bit old, but he's as young as anything" Mungo laughed his usual lazy way. "Now Poppy, my dear don't be going and telling all the folk such tales, I'm not as young as I used to be... how's Little Lily doing among these here Big Folk?"

Lily looked up triumphantly and said she wasn't afraid, but her hand still held tightly to Poppy's.