In praise of Sam's Pans

[Sleeping Beauty]

....Middle Earth on the food network. It should play right after the Iron Chef. :-D But yes, poor Sam and his pans. I always pitied him. Sam gives up everything to be with Frodo, but it seems at times that Frodo doesn't even notice his sacrifice. Sam gets rewarded for his much more than Frodo does. He gets to live out his days in the one place that Frodo loves and doesn't get to because he has been hurt too much. It's rather sad for Frodo because Sam stayed dutiful and got his reward when Frodo who didn't in the end didn't stay faithful. Oh well, I feel for the both of them. They would have been happy little hobbits if the ring had never come to the shire. But then if it didn't, we would never have the great story we have. *sighs* I don't think there is an answer. Sam was right to bring along his precious things, his pans. He got to use them to help his master along the way, got rewarded in the end.