Down to business. No nonsense! These are not my characters and I am not getting any money for any of this. All characters are the creations of J. R. R. Tolkien and he deserves every single penny that he was paid!

Well, maybe just a bit of nonsense:

The characters are Tolkien's and I've taken them to write.
There's nothing here original, I'd swear that on my life.
The characters are Hobbits and Tolkien made them all.
I put them in my story cause I like them and they're small.
No one will pay to read this and I won't make a dime.
It's all been for no profit but, I had a real good time!
So if you read this prologue and still think that I got paid,
You'd better read this once again. I think your mind has strayed.

GW 05/26/2007