[Fool Of A Took]

When the proposal for a meal and some coffee Fredgar felt how hungry he was. He had never eaten any breakfast. His stomach was almost screaming for food. He made a face of the hurt in his stomach, then nodded to Aman and smiled. "Yes, let's get the horses in first!" he said. He ran back to the ponies and where Toby stood and looked after them. He looked quiet bored. Fredgar started to lead the two ponies after Aman. They brought the horses and ponies safely to the pen. "Now how about that meal and warm coffee?" Fredgar said with a grin to the others. He was starving. They sat down on the lawn and Fredgar leaned back and stretched out his tired legs. He thought that he might needed to stay here for a while, and he thought that he might had to tell his wife that he would be away. He just shrugged his shoulders and thought that he could take care of that later.

They all got served with a bowl of stew and it smelled wonderful. Fredgar smelled at it and closed his eyes of enjoyment. His thoughts fell back to his wife, Rosalinda, back home in Hobbiton. She used to cook a lovely stew to him at the weekends. In his daydream he could almost feel the taste. The dwarf pushed him with his shoulder and Fredgar opened his eyes and instantly came back to the reality. The dwarf grinned and said "Shouldn't you eat, eh?" Fredgar hummed and took up his spoon. The stew tasted wonderful. And he felt the hunger slowly slipp away as he ate more. He closed his eyes and made a humming sound of joy.

"About the punnishment..." Fredgar began slowly but then paused. "As I said, it's the law, and it would be wrong of me if I just would let this pass." Fredgar looked down at his stew that now was getting colder. Hawthorne seemed troubled of him bringing up that subject again. He really didn't like to talk about it. But he was afraid of getting into trouble if he would let this pass. And the accident was to big for anyone to miss it. "It's the law..." he slowly continued. The dwarf cleared his throat but didn't say anything. To not look bothered about the subject, Fredgar took a sip of his warm coffee. Hawthorne squirmed where she sat and looked worried around here self. He cheeks slightly turned into red in embarresment and Fredgar could feel how he blushed.

The dwarf finally broke the silence and said "Well, as I see it, this young lass is totally innocent." He crossed his arms with a resolute look. Fredgar squirmed and said "Yet it's the law!" He crossed his arms too and tried to look resolute. "Lets see what Aman has to say about this?" the dwarf replied and turned to Aman.