Crystal ran all the way to Olo Proudfoot's house. Luckily it was not on a hill, for she wouldn't have been able to run then. Normally she walked slowly and admired all the nice gardens besides the road but today she really didn't have the time. She always wanted to live in one of these houses- it was really quiet and not so busy like around her house, there was more space to dream and the wood was near...
Arriving at the Proundfoot´s house she just had to stop for a look in his garden. It was the most beautiful garden around and she never knew how Olo had managed to get this wonderful grass...she really had tried everything in her garden but never got a comparable result.
She walked up to the door whose colour she had already loved from the day on when she had first seen it, and knocked.
Sancho opened. "Oh no, not him!" she thought. He had often insulted her, and even if he had regretted it later she didn't like his way of treating other people. Still she smiled and said:
"Hello Sancho, how are you? I'd like to see your father, he sent me an invitation!"
Sancho nodded and stepped aside so that she could enter. She went into the dining room where she could already hear some voices talking. Was that Pearl? And Primrose if she wasn't mistaken.
Primrose and Pearl were there, and then another young woman she did not know, Biffo, and of course Olo.
The dining room was a very nice one, with a large fireplace and a huge table with some chairs around. Again she admired the garden through a window until she remembered that she should perhaps say something to the other hobbits who had already stopped their conversation and were now looking at her.
"Hi" she said, smiling and feeling a bit unsure "I'm Crystal. Thanks for the invitation, Olo!" Then she waited, hoping for anyone to say something to her.
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