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The Many Aspects of Merimac Brandybuck  by Lily Dragonquill 3 Review(s)
BodkinReviewed Chapter: 18 on 4/15/2007
Poor Merimac! What potential for disaster - mice under the bed! I love the way he galvanises Saradoc into action and they both seize on Aunt Primula's strength of mind to save them from their mother. (Not to mention the brotherly sniping at each other.)

But even escaping this pit can't stop the lad! I just hope his mother likes rabbits.

Author Reply: First Rorimac must agree to the rabbits, then they have to build a hutch and finally they still need to catch one. The rabbit will probably be far too wild and scratch the poor young boy after which Merimac will quickly lose interest :p

The brothers love each other fiercly - especially because they have someone to tease without getting into too much trouble :)

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 18 on 4/12/2007
Ornery pair, Saradoc and Merimac Brandybuck. Cute--very cute.

But stairs--inside a hole? Hmm.

Author Reply: They are a very quarrelsome pair, indeed. Thanks for reading.

The stairs, for me, are an exception in Brandy Hall and maybe the Great Smials. Since it is said that several hundrets of relatives lived there I imagened that there was need of a second floor otherwise Buckhill would have seemed more like a dam than a hill to me. And they wouldn't be very steep or long stairs anyway.

AndreaReviewed Chapter: 18 on 4/12/2007
Really, sometimes I wonder who is worse of the two of you.

Yeah, I wonder that myself ;-)

Merimac tried his most pleading and devastated look on his brother. His eyes were wide as saucers, his lips trembled, and if he concentrated hard enough he might even manage a tear or two.

LOL!!! Last week I watched "Shrek 2". And if you have ever seen that movie, you'll certainly remember the cat. It was a real master in giving *that* look.

Well, I think Mac and his auntie both learned something that day. Mac decided to build his rabbit a bigger hutch (if he gets one, that is). And Primula is now prepared for that look, which she will see often enough on the face of he son ;-)

Author Reply: Yeah, I wonder that myself ;-)
So do I. Saradoc might be the responsible adult and respected Master of Buckland but his child-self is having quite a will of his own. Quite... Merimac, actually :p


Of course I remember Puss! And, thinking about it, yes, Merimac might have looked just like that. Now, everybody go "awww" please for the poor child :)


And Primula is now prepared for that look, which she will see often enough on the face of her son
Can one be prepared for that look? *goes "aww" all over again*


Thanks for reading, dear!

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