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dragoneyes · 12-14-2002, 07:08 AM

Just before Carl had left to go fishing, he had told Hal and Gaddy about Daisy's birthday and they had spent most of the afternoon looking through all the things they had brought for a present for her.

All the things had been sorted into two piles in the stable, both were thoroughly covered in straw, piled in the corner of the stable were the things that Daisy wouldn't want and against the back wall was a pile of the things they could give to her. Gaddy had in his hand a bag of dried fruit and Hal was looking thoughtfully at the pile of possible presents.
"I'd not realised that we'd brought so many things with us, definately didn't seem like it when we packed." said Hal, mostly to himself, Gaddy looked out of the stable door and saw the three other hobbits walking back to the house,
"I'll wager they've all got her something already." He said sulkily, frustrated that out of all they things he'd brought, not one of them looked right for Daisy.
"There's a nice book of pressed flowers at home, she would've liked that."

Gaddy turned back round to find Hal searching through the pile again. Gaddy sighed and walked over to Fallor, who had been patiently waiting for the two hobbits to get out of his stable so that he could have some peace. Gaddy stroked his nose and gave him a piece of dried apple from the bag, which Fallor ate graciously.

Hal had gotten right to the bottom of the pile, when he found what he'd been looking for,
"Finally!" he said producing a blanket, "the perfect present."
"What? That old thing?" said Gaddy,
"We're not going to give it her like this, we'll make it into something."
"Like what?" at this Hal produced a knife and a roll of string,
"I was thinking along the lines of a cloak, in this weather, you can never have too many cloaks." Gaddy agreed and they quickly re-packed their things and headed back to the house to work on the gift.

They reached the door and opened it, to their dismay Daisy and Bullroarer had already arrived, They smiled quickly and rushed through, Gaddy had wanted to stay and talk but Hal had pushed him along infront. They reached the bedroom, firmly shut the door and set to work. At first Hal was a little slow in remembering what to do, it had been a long time since he had been needed to make a cloak, but it soon came back to him.

[ December 14, 2002: Message edited by: dragoneyes ]

12-14-2002, 07:08 AM	#115
dragoneyes Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Completely lost track, sorry! Posts: 733	Just before Carl had left to go fishing, he had told Hal and Gaddy about Daisy's birthday and they had spent most of the afternoon looking through all the things they had brought for a present for her. All the things had been sorted into two piles in the stable, both were thoroughly covered in straw, piled in the corner of the stable were the things that Daisy wouldn't want and against the back wall was a pile of the things they could give to her. Gaddy had in his hand a bag of dried fruit and Hal was looking thoughtfully at the pile of possible presents. "I'd not realised that we'd brought so many things with us, definately didn't seem like it when we packed." said Hal, mostly to himself, Gaddy looked out of the stable door and saw the three other hobbits walking back to the house, "I'll wager they've all got her something already." He said sulkily, frustrated that out of all they things he'd brought, not one of them looked right for Daisy. "There's a nice book of pressed flowers at home, she would've liked that." Gaddy turned back round to find Hal searching through the pile again. Gaddy sighed and walked over to Fallor, who had been patiently waiting for the two hobbits to get out of his stable so that he could have some peace. Gaddy stroked his nose and gave him a piece of dried apple from the bag, which Fallor ate graciously. Hal had gotten right to the bottom of the pile, when he found what he'd been looking for, "Finally!" he said producing a blanket, "the perfect present." "What? That old thing?" said Gaddy, "We're not going to give it her like this, we'll make it into something." "Like what?" at this Hal produced a knife and a roll of string, "I was thinking along the lines of a cloak, in this weather, you can never have too many cloaks." Gaddy agreed and they quickly re-packed their things and headed back to the house to work on the gift. They reached the door and opened it, to their dismay Daisy and Bullroarer had already arrived, They smiled quickly and rushed through, Gaddy had wanted to stay and talk but Hal had pushed him along infront. They reached the bedroom, firmly shut the door and set to work. At first Hal was a little slow in remembering what to do, it had been a long time since he had been needed to make a cloak, but it soon came back to him. [ December 14, 2002: Message edited by: dragoneyes ] __________________ "We might succeed in roasting Pippin alive inside." - Frodo.