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The 12Days Challenge  by Grey Wonderer 5 Review(s)
Hai TookReviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/22/2005
Thought out of the box on that one didn't you? "pipers piping" I would have thought of music! I guess Legols was put on the spot! At least he didn't disgrace himself. All the little bits of advice and now from reading your other story I see how it ties in!

Author Reply: Music did come to mind but I am terrible at writing stories that have music in them. Dreamflower did a musical story recently that she had suggested to me for this part of the challenge. Hers is just wonderful but I could never have managed it. Her story is called, "Pippin's Pak of Pickled Pipers" and if you haven't already, you should read that one. It is the musical verison of this topic. http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=3514

pipinheartReviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/21/2005
Legolas smoking,thats something to see. Pippin giving him the advise to not set anything on fire makes you woder if he sis when he first learned to smoke.
The description Legolas gives when smoking is very true to someone who dosen't like to..Very nice..

Author Reply: Thank you for this review. Glad you enjoyed it!

AuntiemeeshReviewed Chapter: 11 on 1/23/2005
What a clever idea for the eleven pipers.

“Try very hard not to set anything on fire,” Pippin said, softly.

Now that is a story I'd love to see. :)

Author Reply: I have that story thought out but just haven't gotten around to writing it down yet. It will turn up in the future though. 'wink'

I simply am not musical at all and so I couldn't come up with anything for this part of the song for a very long time and finally, a different sort of pipes presented themselves. LOL

BodkinReviewed Chapter: 11 on 1/23/2005
Poor Legolas. All those pipes would be bad enough in the open air, but confined in a pub - I expect he was glad to escape in a way, although he can't be a member of the group that way.

(I wonder if Aragorn was allowed to smoke when he went home to Rivendell, or whether he had to sneak out into the woods. And then suck mints to try to convince Elrond that he hadn't been out for a pipe.)



Author Reply: You know, I never thought about Aragorn smoking in Rivendell. I always assumed he'd picked up the habbit after he became a ranger. Interesting bunny.....mmmm. Thanks for reading.

GamgeeFestReviewed Chapter: 11 on 1/23/2005
I'm with Legolas. Smoking - ick. And what's the story behind Pippin's advice? Now that sounds amusing. :)

Author Reply: That was a little bunny that popped up while I was writing these and I haven't had time to catch him and write him up. I hope to be able to do that later on because it is a rather interesting little bunny. LOL I am also with Legolas on his opinion of smoking, but I do believe that Tolkien was a big fan of it.

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