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| O The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night by Lindelea | 3 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 9/15/2006 |
| What--this bottle of spirits is merely passable? From Aragorn's own cellar? I can barely credit that, then! Poor Ferdi--the image of the poor child standing there while a "gown" is created around and upon him is hilarious! Poor, poor lad! But he's been rescued, taken from the pan and about to be introduced to at least the embers, I suspect! Heh! Author Reply: Well, compared to Buckland's finest, yes, it's just passable. After all, the Brandywine runs by Buckland, and it didn't get its name by accident... "At least the embers" - heh! | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 9/11/2006 |
| Ferdi is as good a storyteller as any Baggins!!! Funnily enough I was looking at fire buckets at a show for motorhome and American RV's yesterday. These were nice bright red plastic with the word fire on them and they wanted £5 for them!!! I bet the hobbits' bucket is much better! Author Reply: I bet hobbits' buckets are better too! We went to a picnic-BBQ at a friend's house, to celebrate the end of summer. (Um, is that something to celebrate?) A little stream runs by their house, and all the children (*quite* a number, I assure you) had buckets and water cannons and had a marvellous battle, mid-stream, that lasted at least an hour, if not more. The little (one-gallon) buckets we brought for our younger ones' use proved quite popular--much easier to scoop full of water to be thrown through the air. Five-gallon buckets are difficult to lift, even when only half-full! I heard quite a few plotting to bring one-gallon buckets "next year"... | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 9/11/2006 |
| Oh, yay! It's so good to see this again! And now I'm going to find out what's happened next! I adore little Merry in this--he's so brave, defying the horrible lasses and rescuing poor wee Ferdi! And all the banter afterwards is lovely, too! Especially Pippin's astonishment that *Pearl* of all people could have had an adventure! 'Lasses? Adventure?' Pippin said. 'My sisters?' His eyes narrowed. 'Pimpernel, perhaps... but Vinca was even younger than yourself, Ferdi, and Pearl much too sensible.' 'Not "adventure" in the way you mean,' Merry said, and for some reason he gave a snort. '...and Pearl was not always sensible. Frodo told me how the two of them caught two of the ponies grazing in the far field; he boosted her onto one of them and hauled himself onto the other and the two of them had races and jumping contests...' 'My Pearl?' Pippin said again in astonishment. Ferdi laughed, but all he said was, 'It's not Pearl's adventure I was thinking of...' 'Pearl had an adventure?' Pippin said. That had me *rolling*! I could just *hear* the amazed incredulity in his voice. This is so fun! Poor wee!Ferdi. Author Reply: LOL! Now if I could only imagine Pearl's adventure, I'd love to write such... So many stories. So little time. Poor wee Ferdi is about to have the thrill of his young life. LOL! Thanks! | |