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| Dreamflower's Mathoms I by Dreamflower | 5 Review(s) |
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| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 57 on 2/9/2006 |
| Ah! A music box! Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one. In my "Beloved Child," I'm going to have Bilbo give wee! Frodo something similar (but not so fragile, of course-it would be unwise) for their first-ever joint birthday...Frodo's first. :) God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Well, it's more than just a music-box. In the original story ("Ho Ho! My Lads"), which Marigold and I co-wrote, Pippin's gift was inspired by such an item. We saw it in a Cracker Barrel Restaurant--called a "symphonium" it was a music box, but it had several discs that played different songs. I could see Bilbo giving baby Frodo a music box--that sounds delightful! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 57 on 7/9/2005 |
| I want that musical box! Fam is such a sweet child - and I like the abbreviation of his name. Author Reply: Well, Marigold and I were inspired by such a one. We saw it for sale in a Cracker Barrel Restaurant--its called a "symphonium", and is a music box, with round brass discs that play different tunes. It was pretty expensive, or I would have gotten one then! But as of about six months ago or so, they still had it available. But as soon as we saw it we both squeed, because we just knew that was the kind of thing Dwarves could make! I'm glad you like the nickname. I didn't want to use "Farry" and "Mir" sounds a bit lame. I played around with the sound of the name, and "Fam" seemed to work. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 57 on 7/8/2005 |
| Ooh, why do I get the feeling this was unfinished? A cliffhanger short story? Unfair! Author Reply: No, no, it's not a cliffhanger! I promise! Pippin is reminiscing about a story that Marigold and I wrote together during *last* year's hurricane, called "Ho, Ho, My Lads!" We had brain-stormed all kinds of cool gifts for Bilbo to give, and this was one of them. I suppose I'd better go in and make a note to that effect, to stave off reactions like yours! Sorry, my bad. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 57 on 7/8/2005 |
| I like the idea of the music box and this connects so very well to your other tales. I am always amazed by the short stories like this one that say so much and are so entertaining in a very few words. How do you do that? LOL Author Reply: Well, of course, this one connects up to "Ho,Ho,My Lads!" I'm glad you like these little snippets. I'm not sure about "how", I mean they are really just little scenes with no plot at all, and can't much be called "stories" in that sense of the word. I just like to describe my hobbits and their lives, I guess. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 57 on 7/8/2005 |
| Lovely little scene Dreamflower. Author Reply: Thank you! | |