The characters in this story are not mine, sadly.  I am just using them for this story.  They belong to J.R.R. Tolkien and I am grateful for the loan.  Somewhere, I suspect, that Tolkien is wishing that I enjoyed writing fan fiction about some  other author's characters.  It seems that his hobbits are just too entertaining and I can't seem to stop.  Sorry. 

Here is another story that started out as a short, one chapter tale and then grew.  The original story was written as a birthday surprise for a friend and posted on my Live Journal. Later, I wrote another short birthday story and posted it on my journal.  Now, I have written a frame work for them and turned it into a much larger story.  I seem to be in the mood for a birthday party and so here are several of them. Sadly, I don't have gifts for all of you or even any cake, but  I do hope you  will all enjoy this and thanks for reading.

G.W.