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| A Shire Sketchbook by Baggins Babe | 11 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 9/16/2006 |
| Oh, we does wonder about that, we does, how he appears so young.... Heh! Love the tricks! Author Reply: We does indeed.......... The trick with the cotton on the door knockers was one my father played as a lad - naughty boy! He told me about it when I was quite young. That was when there was so little traffic in a sleepy English town that he could get away with it! | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 8/16/2006 |
| LOL! Boys will be boys! Especially love the ones about the knockers and the watering cans! I can just see that happening! LOL! God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Yes, boys will always be boys - even when they're hobbits! The trick with the door knockers was one of my father's when he was a lad and in the 1920s there was little or no traffic in the street to spoil his fun. What a little rascal he must have been. | |
| Mirkwoodmaiden | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/30/2006 |
| Hello my dear BB! I just re-read my review and I realised that I was attributing Young Frodo's escapades to Merry and Pip!! So I'm here to re-review!! I still loved the story. The way you described the escapades was wonderful. I never thought young Frodo was such a scamp!!! I'm thinking that Pip growing up not only learned from Merry but Frodo as well!! I still hold that disappointment from parents is far worse! MM Author Reply: Glad you re-reviewed - my Dad was the one who told me about the door-knocker trick, which he did frequently. The fact that Frodo apparently persistently raided Farmer Maggot's mushrooms seems to point to him being a rascal. I think he taught Merry everything Merry later taught Pip! | |
| Mirkwoodmaiden | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/30/2006 |
| My dear BB!! I absolutely loved this tale of mischief past and present. With Merry and Pip you know mischief is never far behind!! I love the creative mischief they have gotten up in their past!! The snippet about the two knockers had me in stitches! And you are right, always far worse to have somebody "disappointed" in you rather than mad!! Much worse!! I loved it! MM | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/25/2006 |
| *lol* Love all these reminiscences of pranks pulled by Frodo. No doubt how he earned the name ‚rascal of Buckland’! But I’m not sure they should talk about this within earshot of Merry and Pippin. Gives them too many ideas for own mischief, I fear! Author Reply: I'm sure Merry and Pip will store up such information, but Frodo will be well-prepared for them. They should invent their own! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/20/2006 |
| LOL! A pre-Quest fic, and a delightful one, too! Frodo's and Reggie's reminiscing was--er, instructive--to say the least! Reggie chuckled. "I'll say! Didn't you replace the sand in Old Rory's sand shaker with sugar and turn all his letters to a sticky mess?" I actually had a couple of friends who did the opposite: they put sand in the sugar bowl (the sandy beaches where we lived really did look like sugar) and their dad put it in his coffee. He was *not* amused. The doorknob trick was hilarious! I could easily imagine Frodo thinking up a prank like that. And then the last sentence. Down to earth with a thud. Very well done. Now, did I miss anything else of yours when I was "gone"? Author Reply: My father used to play the door knocker trick - a variation on the game of 'knocking down ginger' as it's known in England - knocking on doors and running away. I'm sure Frodo was rascal enough to do such things. Sand in the sugar bowl - blech! I've known people put salt in the sugar bowl and both sound revolting - but effective! Oh yes, that last sentence pulls one down a bit. Somewhere deep in Frodo's waistcoat pocket lies a sall and seemingly innocent piece of plain gold jewellery......... *shiver* No, you're all caught up now - great to have you back. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/13/2006 |
| Ah, a very clever way to get young Frodo into the Old Forest! What a loveable rascal. Author Reply: Thank you! Merry does say somewhere in the book that the Brandybucks go in there, and Frodo was part-Brandybuck and living at the Hall so I'm sure he went in there occasionally. Yes, he is a very loveable rascal, isn't he? :-)) | |
| Tigger | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/13/2006 |
| Now this was delightful. If a bit tempting in that readers could actually try some of these things. Not that I would. ;o) Pip's braver than me. I also know the difference between the two different cattle, but I would never venture into a field a bull is in. Nor when there's cows nursing their calfs. That's just begging for trouble to happen. Nice touch Reggie wondering why Frodo still has the energy and looks of a tween and if that's a Baggins trait as well. In a way it is. Very nice and fluffy story. :oD Author Reply: Ooops! I suppose it is a bit of a manual for would be scamps and rascals, but I couldn't resist! *looks as innocent as possible* I am quite sure that Frodo's youthful looks and behaviour, as well as his eccentricities, caused a great deal of speculation in the Shire. Good thing no-one knows about the jewellery though! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/13/2006 |
| "Where were you?" asked Pip. "In the Old Forest," replied Frodo with another shrug. "You went in there?!" Pip breathed. "Not far in - but it seemed safer than facing Uncle Rory." LOL!!! Wonderful! No wonder Merry and Pippin made all those pranks, they just wanted to impress their cousin Frodo ;-) Author Reply: I think Frodo taught Merry everything he later taught Pip! He set the standard they had to reach, so no wonder they tried so hard. | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/13/2006 |
| ahhhhhhh cute!! Frodo isn't such a goody two shoes is he? heheh Author Reply: Well we know Frodo went on many mushroom-raiding expeditions and I doubt that was the extent of his mischief. He seems to have been quite the scamp. :-)) | |