Aearwen's Little Bits - Not Again!
And in this week's drabble, we continue the Haunted Forest series.
Eru!
The last thing he needed was to find a lost child wandering in the darker parts of Eryn Lasgalen at twilight. Again.
He could return the child himself; pick it up and walk to the cottages and let it go running back to its mother. He'd probably scare it out of a year's growth... With any luck, however, the tale arising from this encounter would keep the forest clear of intruders for a few more decades.
He liked the sound of that.
Thranduil stepped silently from behind the oak, determined to play legend for yet another generation of mortals.
Eru!
The last thing he needed was to find a lost child wandering in the darker parts of Eryn Lasgalen at twilight. Again.
He could return the child himself; pick it up and walk to the cottages and let it go running back to its mother. He'd probably scare it out of a year's growth... With any luck, however, the tale arising from this encounter would keep the forest clear of intruders for a few more decades.
He liked the sound of that.
Thranduil stepped silently from behind the oak, determined to play legend for yet another generation of mortals.