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| Yew by Pearl Took | 6 Review(s) |
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| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 10/24/2009 |
| Eeeeekk! Noooo! They can't kill the poor creature. I know dragons are not always very nice - eating maidens and stealing all the treasure - but yew seems to be beconing quite hobbity. I am very intrigued as to how you will resolve this, Pearl. Where can he go? Mind you, that would have given the ruffians a nasty shock, if the Thain had brought out the 'pet dragon' to deal with them! :-) Author Reply: No, I don't think killing him is in Yew's future. You (and Yew) may breathe easy. That would have put a different slant on the Ruffians trying to take over the Shire, wouldn't it have? LOL! Thanks so much, Baggins Babe. :-) | |
| Saphira | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 10/21/2009 |
| There was something I wondered about for a long time now. Seeing as how large dragons can get... how big are their eggs? Yews egg can't have been too big in size, otherwise it would have been noticed, wouldn't have gotten lost and it would be difficult to find enough rocks of that size as to imitate dragon's eggs for dwarve children, wouldn't it? Strange... but well, it's fantasy, we don't want to be too logic here, do we? As always wonderful chapter, keep up! Greets Author Reply: What I was picturing was a 12 to 18 inch egg, well hollowed out but still something a small Dwarf child or any hobbit child would most likely have trouble lifting on their own. The dragon inside is the actual toy, not so much the eggshell part. I tried figuring out proportions between lizards and their eggs, but I'm awful at math and it just wasn't making sense to me. It did appear that to a point the bigger the lizard the smaller the egg was in proportion to it. A 10 foot long Komodo Dragon has lays an 8 to 10 inch egg. An ostrich egg is only 6 inches long and the the mother is 5'7" to 6'2" tall - males can be as tall as 9 feet. One article I looked at mentioned the largest dinosaur egg that has been found was the size of a basketball - but it didn't say what kind/size of dinosaur it was from. So maybe I'm not so far off after all. Hope this helps - it has helped me. :-) Thanks so much, Saphira! :-) | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 10/21/2009 |
| Toy eggs made by dwarves! That I can imagine. But how on earth did the real dragon's egg appear among the others? Now I am very interested in Gandalf's solution to the problem. Yew is a dragon after all. He will become dangerous when he is full-grown. But he likes Pippin and his family, which is unique for a dragon! Author Reply: Yes, he is becoming unique. I think the general Hobbity love of life and the good things in it have rubbed off on him. The Dwarves don't know how they got it and neither do I. ;-) Thanks for staying with this, Andrea! :-) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 10/21/2009 |
| Now, here's a pretty pickle! A real dragon's egg where they'd thought to have only a toy! Heh! Author Reply: Yes, it's easy to get complacent. LOL Thanks for sticking with this, Larner! :-) | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 10/20/2009 |
| Let the dwarves kill Yew? NOOOOooooooooooo! Author Reply: You're right - no. Neither Gandalf nor I could let that happen. :-) Thanks harrowcat! :-) | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 10/20/2009 |
| I eagerly anticipate Gandalf's solution to this 'problem'! Yew is a wonderful dragon who deserves a long and happy life. :) Author Reply: Yes, he does. I think Gandalf will come up with something quite agreeable to Yew. Thanks for reading and commenting, m'dear shirebound! | |