05-15-2025, 01:16 PMtrashae Wrote: It has recently come to my attention that I've been a member of this site for 5 years now and all I gotta say is... (to be continued)
Congratulations! 5 years is quite the accomplishment!
05-14-2025, 10:05 AMFaraDian Wrote: ‘I am old, Gandalf. I don’t look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.'
Gandalf looked curiously and closely at him. ‘No, it does not seem right,’ he said thoughtfully. ‘No, after all I believe your plan is probably the best.’
‘Well, I’ve made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf – mountains; and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives prying around, and a string of confounded visitors hanging on the bell. I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for it: and he lived happily ever after to the end of his days.’
'...You’ll keep an eye on Frodo, won’t you?’
‘Yes, I will – two eyes, as often as I can spare them.’
‘He would come with me, of course, if I asked him. In fact he offered to once, just before the party. But he does not really want to, yet. I want to see the wild country again before I die, and the Mountains; but he is still in love with the Shire, with woods and fields and little rivers. He ought to be comfortable here. I am leaving everything to him, of course, except a few oddments.'