[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

Good points all of you. Pippin is my favorite hobbit and I think there is a special quality to him almost like a sixth sense. I think about it in two ways. First, Pippin has his innocence when he starts the journey. He doesn't really see how important this journey is and he acts rather foolishly at times. I think that he did that stuff because he doesn't have that caution that would keep him from doing those things. He can act somewhat irrationally. When he throws the stone, that's one. Or when he calls out in the forest. Merry obviously wouldn't have because he would be more cautious and not want to disturb the forest. And I think that he was drawn to the palanitr out of curiosity. If Pippin had had more 'common sense', he would have raelized that Gandalf would get mad at him for picking up the palantir at orthanc. Maybe Pippin had a lack of common sense instead of a sixth, Just a thought. I think that Pippin did seem to 'grow up' when he looked into the palantir, as engwaalphiel said. But, I think that Pippin began to 'grow uo' before that. As the journey progressed, he seemed to lose his innocence. He began to realize what was going on (especially by how mad Gandalf got when he did something 'stupid'). I think that he did began to 'grow up' earlier. For example, Pippin became somewhat smarter when he left his brooch as a sign. That was very helpful. And he was the one to free his hands. Anyways, I think it started before the palantir.

The other way I think of it is that Pippin did have a sixth sense. He did seem to be drawn to ceartain things. When he threw the stone, it said, "Pippin felt curiously attracted by the well." Pippin kind of had the fellings where you are just so curious and drawn to something that you have to do it. It wouldn't really be called a 'sense' but it happened quite frequently. In the Old Forest, Pippin could not bear it any longer so he shouted out. Maybe Pippin could sense that something was going to happen quite soon and he had to object ot it, or maybe he felt the hostility but it was more intense with Pippin. With the palantir, Pippin could not stand it any longer and he had to look. He knew there was something odd about it and he seemed to be bothered by it. He had that feeling again. He had to know, even if it was dangerous and even if he wasn't supposed to. It wasn't like he was doing it but not knowing he shouldn't, the fact is he did know he shouldn't. In the case of the palantir and the well, Tolkien specifically says that he felt an impulse. Pippen just acted. He did think about it and the way he slowly did it made it seem like he was resisting, but once he thought about doing it, he had to. It's very stange. I think that Pippin has certain aspects and qualities that make him special, especially his curious and impulsive sides. However, there is not that much information about Pippin so its hard to tell.