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mark12_30 · 08-15-2002, 07:59 AM

Lindo, absentmindedly brushing off his backside, turned, and looked at the scattered snow on the floor. His eyes gleamed. He bent down and carefully swept it all up. Nitir wondered if he would be upset, but that worry dissipated as she watched him sprint out through the door, add another half-handful, press it firmly, and drew back, eyes dancing, daring the boys.

The boys frantically gathered more snow of their own, and the fight was on.

Nitir smiled. This was not the Lindo of three days ago. She liked the difference.

So did the boys. After ten minutes of snowball fight, they were rolling and wrestling in the snow, all fourteen boys on top of Lindo. It ended when an orc-guard glared at them, and Lindo softly ordered everyone back inside. But the battle had been glorious, and none of the boys would forget it.

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Late that evening before they went to bed, Lindo gathered the boys who had been in the snowball battle. He had some lines already made up, and the boys added a few. Before they slept, they had all learned the tune and at least one verse of "The Snowbattle Of Laedros". It opened with a verse about the purity and beauty of the newly fallen snow, and two verses relating Ancalimon's telling of the tale, that Finrod give the men and hobbits Laedros in the realm of Dorthonion. Then the heroic snow battle raged for another three verses, including a list of every boy who fought in the battle. But they liked best that the seventh and final verse gave a description of the snow-wrestling, and Lindo's resounding defeat and burial under the fourteen snow-covered hobbit-boys.

The verse about the purity of the snow became their battle-cry whenever snow fell that year, and the fourteen boys wore their allegiance like a badge, calling themselves the Valiant SnowHobbits of Laedros. They strutted a little too much for Azra's taste. Lindo laughed.

It wasn't quite what Nitir had had in mind. But it was a beginning, and the boys loved it, and she hoped that more songs would follow. She was not disappointed.

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08-15-2002, 07:59 AM	#6
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Lindo, absentmindedly brushing off his backside, turned, and looked at the scattered snow on the floor. His eyes gleamed. He bent down and carefully swept it all up. Nitir wondered if he would be upset, but that worry dissipated as she watched him sprint out through the door, add another half-handful, press it firmly, and drew back, eyes dancing, daring the boys. The boys frantically gathered more snow of their own, and the fight was on. Nitir smiled. This was not the Lindo of three days ago. She liked the difference. So did the boys. After ten minutes of snowball fight, they were rolling and wrestling in the snow, all fourteen boys on top of Lindo. It ended when an orc-guard glared at them, and Lindo softly ordered everyone back inside. But the battle had been glorious, and none of the boys would forget it. -------------- Late that evening before they went to bed, Lindo gathered the boys who had been in the snowball battle. He had some lines already made up, and the boys added a few. Before they slept, they had all learned the tune and at least one verse of "The Snowbattle Of Laedros". It opened with a verse about the purity and beauty of the newly fallen snow, and two verses relating Ancalimon's telling of the tale, that Finrod give the men and hobbits Laedros in the realm of Dorthonion. Then the heroic snow battle raged for another three verses, including a list of every boy who fought in the battle. But they liked best that the seventh and final verse gave a description of the snow-wrestling, and Lindo's resounding defeat and burial under the fourteen snow-covered hobbit-boys. The verse about the purity of the snow became their battle-cry whenever snow fell that year, and the fourteen boys wore their allegiance like a badge, calling themselves the Valiant SnowHobbits of Laedros. They strutted a little too much for Azra's taste. Lindo laughed. It wasn't quite what Nitir had had in mind. But it was a beginning, and the boys loved it, and she hoped that more songs would follow. She was not disappointed. [ August 15, 2002: Message edited by: mark12_30 ] __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.