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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie  by Lindelea 91 Review(s)
DADGADReviewed Chapter: 18 on 3/26/2024
Oh, such a lot going on all at the same time in this chapter. Horses, soldiers, Hobbits, dogs! Is everyone going to bump into each other on the 6th circle? Can't wait for next chapter!

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 18 on 3/24/2024
Gandalf's evaluation of Faramir was all too accurate. Now--to forstall disaster!

Author Reply: I was thinking of Gandalf's description of Faramir as I fleshed out the chapter from the outline, actually. You hit the nail on the head.

The next chapter is lovely, if I do say so myself. I'm halfway through turning the draft into a finished chapter. Even though it may run long, I don't need to split it in half to upload it - not like the old days of dial-up, when I started posting fanfic and had to limit chapters to 2k words or so to be able to upload them. (Immersing myself in fanfic is helping me keep the grief at arm's length for the moment. I've fallen apart at various points today, clearing away Panda's toys and treats and bowls and bagging up things to donate to the Humane Society, even just opening the freezer to get ice for my drinking water. She always came running when she heard me rattling around in the ice bin; ice cubes were among her favorite treats...)

Thanks.


LarnerReviewed Chapter: 17 on 3/24/2024
Best to recover somewhat rather than face the incipient chaos approaching the King and his guards and allies.

Author Reply: While Merry might disagree, I think he's outnumbered.

Thanks for reading and stopping to leave a good word.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 16 on 3/24/2024
I believe I am caught up with my prior reviews now. Haradrim and Gondorians together have prevailed, and Pippin and Bergil are saved along with the aide and Merry as well as the green grocery. Now--for the general to learn what has Mitten's attention!

Author Reply: How lovely it has been to read your reviews from re-reading. Thank you for your generosity in taking the time. What has the puppy's attention will become clear before the story ends, and I hope it makes you smile.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 6 on 3/24/2024
Have caught up to here, at least. They have no idea as to where Pippin, Mittens, and Bergil really are, I'm sorry to say. I'd forgotten how the three of them had gotten into this mess to begin with, and am now reminded.

A lovely pattern of days they follow--at least until Mittens became part of the household.

Author Reply: Yes, the three of them getting into trouble was a reflection of an incident with a previous dog, Clifford, the guide dog puppy we raised when Eldest was a preteen. The neighbor who lived across the street was chatting with a passerby, and Eldest came out of the house with Clifford on a leash to take him for a walk around the block. Clifford spotted PEOPLE across the street and ran to greet them, dragging Eldest along. She had wrapped the leash around her wrist...

A car was coming down the street, and our neighbor instantly saw the danger and sprang into the street, quickly followed by his friend, both of them waving their arms and shouting to get the car to stop. Then they helped untangle Eldest from the leash and brought her and the naughty puppy home again. After that, Eldest worked with the dog in fenced places or inside the gym where our 4H Puppy Raisers club met. Even as a puppy, that little yellow lab had grown too powerful for an eleven-year-old to handle - at least until he'd had more training to walk nicely on a leash and ignore distractions. He got the knack eventually and grew up to become a Guide Dog. We were so proud of him.

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 18 on 3/23/2024
As a drowning man who has fought his way to the surface of the raging waters

That's a marvelous description of Faramir!

Author Reply: Faramir is formidable when determined. He seems so mild-spoken, and yet...

Thanks for stopping and leaving a good word.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 3/20/2024
Am rereading from the beginning. Zoe, Btendi, and Pandora are now undoubtedly fastest of friends as they await our coming over the Rainbow Bridge, guided by Polychrome (or so I suspect--with a tip of the hat to Ruth Plumly Thompson).

Author Reply: And soon Panda will join them. I've asked Zoe, if she can hear me, to greet Panda warmly and watch over her, for Panda has ever remained something of a toddler in her attitude and actions (joy and mischief and discovery and delight), and Zoe was such a motherly soul for all her beauty queen diva-ness, I'm sure she'd embrace having another puppy to cosset. I still remember how she'd carefully place her plush seal head-first at her dinner bowl, so that Seal could eat first, and how she'd lift Seal to the windowsill so that they could look out the window together and watch the world go by, and how she'd lie down and put her head on the ground to be at the same level as the tiny dogs she adored.

I had not heard of Polychrome or Thompson before, so I looked them up. I will have to look into them further, I think, for one of the not-so-wee hobbits has long been an Oz fan and (I think) has read every one of L. Frank Baum's Oz books.

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 17 on 3/7/2024
Ohhhh, our healer-king ministering to his beloved hobbits, and being such a calming and comforting presence. *happy sigh*

Thank you for continuing your interesting tale.

Author Reply: So good to hear from you! I am (once again) retired and so have time to read and write (and the eyes to do so - editing tired the eyes and left me reading audiobooks at the end of the workday, and fanfic does not come in audio form, so far as I know). Let's hope it lasts this time.

I do so love the healing facet of Elessar's gifts.

Thank you for reading and stopping to leave a good word. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

SparkyTASReviewed Chapter: 16 on 8/20/2021
What a fabulous story!Please please continue this amazing tale. You've built quite a fascinating plot of suspense and cross cultural intrigue. I have to know what happens to Ha’asal and Strider.

Author Reply: Thank you! I have been overloaded at work the past few months, but I have carved out some writing time and want to finish this one! (there really should not be many more chapters...)

Hai TookReviewed Chapter: 16 on 7/2/2021
Yay, an update! I'm so glad Strider has the errant Hobbit and boy under his care now! Where is the puppy?

I appreciate seeing the Haradrim's thoughts as he is met with things he doesn't understand. I also appreciated Strider's respect in regards to his face covering as he cared for him.

Looking forward to more!

Author Reply: Thank you! So am I (looking forward to more). This one is so close to being done, I really just buckle down and, as they say, "just do it".

Author Reply: p.s. The puppy ought to pop up again in Chapter 18.

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