[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

HORSE- MAIDEN OF THE SHIRE

Since your PM's are full, I will post this here:

PLEASE REWORK THIS POST. IT IS EVENING TIME AT THE INN, NOT DAY TIME. SUPPER HAS JUST BEEN SERVED.

Thank you! Piosenniel, Shire Moderator

Aleia woke from what had felt like weeks of sleep. She yawned and stretched, thinking: Best sleep I've had in a long time! Rolling out of the bed, she turned to the window and let the warm sun wash over her face. As she got ready to return to the common room for a bite to eat, Skeet appeared in her mind. She felt horrible. She hadn't checked on her pony for hours. Aleia made up her mind to check on Skeet before she did anything else.

Outside in the stable, she apologized profusely to her pony. "I'm so sorry, girl. I fell asleep in the room and forgot all about you. Here, have a treat." She offered a piece of carrot that was in her pocket to the pony, who crunched it eagerly and watched Aleia with bright eyes beneath a fringe of shaggy mane. Aleia stroked her hide and spoke a few more quiet words to her before returning to the inn.

Upon entering the common room, she promptly sat down at a bar stool and ordered a large bowl of stew and a pint of ale. She was so hungry, she felt that she could eat an entire crop of potatoes! When she received her meal, she drank in the sweet, spicy scent and began devouring the stew. When Aleia was finished, she wiped her mouth with her handkerchief and looked around for her former companions. To her disappointment, she saw none. But she espied a hobbit and her companion sitting at a table and plucked up her courage to join them. Approaching Gilly and Benia, she said, "May I join your table, kind peoples? For my companions have long since gone, and it is dull to sit by oneself."

[ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: Horse-Maiden of the Shire ]

[ June 02, 2003: Message edited by: piosenniel ]