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The Purple Path  by Dreamflower 39 Review(s)
AndreaReviewed Chapter: 7 on 4/17/2017
A great birthday present indeed! And I found it very fitting that Frodo Gardener learned how to read with this book.

Author Reply: So did I. And since Elanor had a special book, I thought Frodo-lad should have one, too!

AntaneReviewed Chapter: 11 on 4/14/2017
Ah, Sam, still torn in two. I love Frodo's section the most. :)

Namarie, God bless, Antane :)

Author Reply: No matter how long Frodo has been gone, his friends will always be thinking of him.

KathyGReviewed Chapter: 15 on 4/13/2017
Such lessons would consist of basic reading, writing and arithmetic, and not much more. For the majority of Shire hobbits that would be as far as lessons went, especially among the working class hobbits.

Had anybody but Bilbo taught Sam, that's probably as far as his education would have gotten, too. However, given what we see in The Lord of the Rings of his knowledge, I have a feeling that his education ended up going much further than that. In fact, I suspect that he had the privilege of learning much that a young member of the gentry would have been taught. That would have stood him in good stead when he became the mayor. What do you think, Dreamflower?

I hope that one day, you'll write about Sam's beginning lessons under Bilbo! And about how his education progressed before it finally came to an end.


SharonbReviewed Chapter: 13 on 4/12/2017
Such sweet sadness. Maybe Olorin can help her understand her contribution to the defeat of Sauron through her progeny from Tuk.

Author Reply: I think he can.

AntaneReviewed Chapter: 12 on 4/11/2017
This is great advice for any writing or any field. As they say a crappy first draft (which is what first drafts are far after all) is better than no draft. You learn by doing. Le hannon! I've made great friends here and elsewhere who have basically made vertical takeoffs in how quickly their writing improved.

Namarie, God bless, Anne Marie :)

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 11 on 4/11/2017
So right for each of them!

Author Reply: Thank you!

AndreaReviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/9/2017
"Yes," said Pippin. "There are clearly huorns in the Old Forest."

That's what I thought after the second reading of LOTR. Several others followed. I've lost count ;-)

RobbieReviewed Chapter: 9 on 4/8/2017
Loved it. I like the four of them spending time together back then, and think you did it fittingly - a dripping wet Sam is likely to have happened several times.

Author Reply: Yes, I am quite sure Sam was often dripping wet--of course, on this particular occasion, he had no real reason to be, which is why Frodo scolded him. (So many portrayals of Sam and Frodo forget that Frodo's 12 years older, and quite likely to scold Sam if he needs it!)

I love to show the pre-Quest friendship of the four. It's one of my favorite things.

AndreaReviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/8/2017
That is the power of the Dragon Gold!

Bilbo is wise indeed to ignore its lure.

Author Reply: Not only wise, but he knows himself well. He would hate being lured by something like that.

Which is not to say he is totally unselfish, but what he craves is not treasure, but peace and quiet, good food, and home. Not the sorts of things money can buy.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 9 on 4/7/2017
What a delightful way to spend the day! And love that Merry didn't want Thorin, Fili, and Kili to die this time. He is so sweet!

Author Reply: Of course not! He's creating his own little AU with those little "action figures"!

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