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dragoneyes · 12-02-2002, 04:45 PM

Hal listened to Autumns little speech with sadness, she had obviously been harder off than he had, but he thought about her question, what did he do?
"I've worked for me father since I were about 15, before that I helped look after me younger sisters, and when they got old enough to look after each other I looked after Gaddy,"
"Not that I needed looking after." added Gaddy,
"That's what you say, remember the time you fell over and knocked yerself out? You can't tell me you didn't need help then."

Hal thought back, they'd been playing 'it' in Hal's apple orchard when Gaddy had fallen over and hit his head against a tree. Hal had been worried out of his mind, but he'd plucked up Gaddy out of the grass and got him to the house and called for the doctor.

"I can remember times when I've saved you though," said Gaddy, bringing Hal back to the present with a bump.
"Oh yes? When?" said Hal,
"Like that time when... when... when you..."
"Ha! There, you've never saved me." said Hal triumphantly.

Gaddy searched his memory for a time when he'd helped Hal, he sat for a while, while the conversation around him struck up again and continued on a different track. There had to be something that Gaddy'd done for Hal. He thought for a little longer before,
"A-ha!" everyone stopped and looked at him, "That time with the cart!" Hal looked at him, none the wiser,
"What?" he said,
"That time, 15 years ago, when you were playing around on your father's cart, you fell of, got your head wedged between the cart wheel and the verge, and then the horse started walking forward. Who stopped the cart?" said Gaddy with a small smile on his face.
"You did," admitted Hal "Oh, alright then you've saved me before,"
"Thankyou." said Gaddy with a winning smile.

Robin was surprized that Hal could've forgotten such an event,
"That sounds like quite an ordeal. How did you forget it?"
"The cart knocked him silly." said Gaddy grinning,
"I'll knock you silly!" said Hal having a small mock-fight with Gaddy. They both knew, though, that it didn't matter haw many times one had saved the other, it really only mattered that they were friends.

[ December 21, 2002: Message edited by: dragoneyes ]

12-02-2002, 04:45 PM	#49
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	Hal listened to Autumns little speech with sadness, she had obviously been harder off than he had, but he thought about her question, what did he do? "I've worked for me father since I were about 15, before that I helped look after me younger sisters, and when they got old enough to look after each other I looked after Gaddy," "Not that I needed looking after." added Gaddy, "That's what you say, remember the time you fell over and knocked yerself out? You can't tell me you didn't need help then." Hal thought back, they'd been playing 'it' in Hal's apple orchard when Gaddy had fallen over and hit his head against a tree. Hal had been worried out of his mind, but he'd plucked up Gaddy out of the grass and got him to the house and called for the doctor. "I can remember times when I've saved you though," said Gaddy, bringing Hal back to the present with a bump. "Oh yes? When?" said Hal, "Like that time when... when... when you..." "Ha! There, you've never saved me." said Hal triumphantly. Gaddy searched his memory for a time when he'd helped Hal, he sat for a while, while the conversation around him struck up again and continued on a different track. There had to be something that Gaddy'd done for Hal. He thought for a little longer before, "A-ha!" everyone stopped and looked at him, "That time with the cart!" Hal looked at him, none the wiser, "What?" he said, "That time, 15 years ago, when you were playing around on your father's cart, you fell of, got your head wedged between the cart wheel and the verge, and then the horse started walking forward. Who stopped the cart?" said Gaddy with a small smile on his face. "You did," admitted Hal "Oh, alright then you've saved me before," "Thankyou." said Gaddy with a winning smile. Robin was surprized that Hal could've forgotten such an event, "That sounds like quite an ordeal. How did you forget it?" "The cart knocked him silly." said Gaddy grinning, "I'll knock you silly!" said Hal having a small mock-fight with Gaddy. They both knew, though, that it didn't matter haw many times one had saved the other, it really only mattered that they were friends. [ December 21, 2002: Message edited by: dragoneyes ] __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.