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Andy! Go home!
Tom looked back to the rear of the group where there was some kind of disturbance involving Talondin. The strange man seemed to be attacking a large rabbit or perhaps a small dog. The creature cowered in the road, Talondin’s dagger quivering where it stood half-burried in the hard-packed dirt.
“Please sir”, said the creature “don’t harm me. My da’ will die of sorrow if I don’t come home tonight.”
Tom recognized the tiny voice and walked quickly to where the hobbit lad lay on the ground.
“Andy Middleburrow!” he shouted at the frightened lad. “What on earth are you doing following us. Yer dad’s going to tan your hide with a willow switch when he he finds where you’ve been.” He ran his hands through his curly dark hair and glared down at the terrified hobbit.
“Please, Mr. Ferny” said Andy, coming to his knees and wringing his hands, “I didn’t mean no harm. It’s just that the elf lady told such wonderful tales last night that I just had to see where you all were going. And when I saw you were with them, sir, I figured it be alright for me to tag along.”
He looked around to the faces of the other adventurers hoping to find support or a friendly face.
Tom said to him angrily “Boy, you have no business out here on the Downs. You know better than that! Now get on back to town before I punish you myself!”
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Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000002>RKittle</A> <IMG SRC=http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/oneringicon.gif BORDER=0 WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10> at: 4/14/01 6:47:34 pm