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| You Can Lead a Took to Water by Lindelea | 54 Review(s) |
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| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/10/2014 |
| I'm all in suspense, but thank goodness our tall visitor is getting all the help the hobbits can provide. Dear Pip, he's such a sweet lad. Author Reply: Mardi's in a little over his head, so to speak, but he's got the right instincts. Dear Pip, he's trying to tell the grown-ups who the Man is, but they're not really listening. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/24/2014 |
| We don’t need the word spreading and crowds coming to look at the novelty of a Man in our kitchen! This is hardly Bag End, after all. *grins* One doesn't need to be the object of *that* type of gossip, does one? This is coming together nicely. :) Author Reply: *grin* I can just imagine curious hobbits coming round to see such a novelty as a Man in Eglantine's kitchen, considering how Men are something of a rarity in the Tookland. Thanks! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/24/2014 |
| I just love Eglantine's bustling efficiency! She really does have things in hand as much as is possible! And I can just imagine the look on Bilbo's face when he gets the Tooks' letter! Author Reply: Well, she's the wife of a farmer who has "lands" to farm, according to something Pippin says on the Quest, so she must have to manage bed and board for a number of hired hobbits, I should think. "Bustling efficiency," what a nice term to describe her! (I'm just wondering how to break it to Paladin and Eglantine that their little six-year-old son (as he was, two years previous) walked part-way to Bag End with only a sheepdog for company...) | |
| Tari | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/17/2014 |
| Another great story to follow. How do you do it? Author Reply: I think about hobbits. A lot. Too much, actually. But I find it relaxing to write, and a delight to discover that others enjoy the stories along with myself. (It can get so tiresome talking to oneself all the time. Yikes!) Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/12/2014 |
| Good reason to come warily, but then to lay down their potential weapons and work to get the poor Man to dry ground. Author Reply: Prepared for trouble of one sort, and yet immediately able to deal with a totally different trouble. Yup. I can see how Paladin was able to lead the Tooks in resisting the ruffians. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/12/2014 |
| What a treat to find this when I woke up! *grin* I love how determined Eglantine is. Of course, she's had to be, living among Tooks all these years, LOL! I can see Bilbo will have some explaining to do when he arrives; but I hope poor Robin is not too dreadfully sick, poor guy! Author Reply: Living amongst the Tooks would be a lifelong lesson in determination, I should think. (But what fun to contemplate!) Some 'splaining to do, yes, certainly... I wonder how long the misunderstanding can be prolonged...? | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/12/2014 |
| Oh my, how suspenseful! You beautifully show us the frenzied surprise of hobbits who don't have many Unusual and Unexpected Events occur in their lives. :) Author Reply: Very true -- they lead a settled life for the most part (though I think of Bandobras leading the charge in the North Farthing, not so many years earlier), but they have that deep-hidden core of courage, and they're nothing if not resourceful... Thanks! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/19/2010 |
| I know I squeed over this at LJ, but I had to re-read it here at SoA. And since I've had time to calm down from my initial state of gleeful hysteria, I had to tell you about the parts I loved most. Like your opening: The young hobbit was hardly frightened, here on his father's land, and he wasn't the kind who frightened easily, at any event. As a matter of fact, he was rather more inclined the other way, rather more bold and curious than was good for him. Or so his mother, a solid and steady Banks had been heard to say on more than one occasion. To which his Tookish father would answer, after a shake of the head, that the lad was, after all, a Took, and descended from the Old Took himself, and so a little spirit was only to be expected. To which the mother would sigh and observe that “a little spirit goes a long way.” To which the father would heartily agree. It was why, more often than not, when Pip's older sisters or cousins were not keeping watch on him (he was, after all, only eight), Paladin was happy to set the lop-eared sheepdog on the task. A perfect snapshot of the Took family dynamic, and of the young hobbit who'd one day grow up to be Sir Peregrin. And this: 'Lop!' Pearl added her own shout, but beside her, Eglantine put her hand to her heart in sudden comprehension. 'It's Pip,' she gasped. 'Something's happened to Pip!' And she stretched out her hand to the dog. At the repetition of the name he loved best, Lop stopped his barking and ran to Eglantine, seizing her hand between his teeth, though so gently as to make no mark, and tried to pull her after him. I love Eglantine's mother's intuition here, and also, it's fun to see Lop "play Lassie". ( I suppose it would have been too funny-- and too difficult-- to have Robin down a well, LOL!) I adore Lop-- I imagine him as a sort of border collie mix, much like the first dog my husband and I had years ago as newlyweds. Thank you again for this bit of wonderful story! Author Reply: Ah, lovely encouragement, and as I'm sure you know, quoting your favourite bits is great encouragement indeed! It was delightful to chat with you today, and as you can see, I'm continuing the plan of updating the WIPs while working on finally finishing the one we discussed. (And then, dare I say, another? And hopefully another? Ah, well. Must take it one at a time, I suppose. Foot by foot...) Belated thanks for this lovely review. | |
| Celeritas | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/19/2010 |
| Exciting, and I'm glad you found the time to be able to leave this (first part of a) tale with us! Lop was cute, brave, and had a ridiculous amount of Dog Sense of which I wholly approve. And I hope Pippin doesn't take a chill!--though he did the right thing in staying and making sure Robin doesn't drown. Hoping to see more! Author Reply: Writing time has been incredibly rare, the past few Much belated thanks! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/19/2010 |
| Great story! I think I remember Robin from your other stories. And I'm really curious to find out why and how he landed in the stream. Pippin's explanation is quite logical, but I think there's more to it. I also like Lop who reminds me of a lop-eared dog my great aunt once had. Last, but not least: Happy birthday to you :-) Author Reply: Lop-eared dogs are something special. Belated thanks! | |