“A Midsummer’s Night Dream” by Dreamflower

[dreamflower02]

Author: Dreamflower
Title: “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” (with apologies to Wm. Shakespeare)
Theme: September: “Young/Old” Challenge
Elements: curious, gentle, abundant
Author's Notes: There is a reference in here to my story “The Knight Has Been Unruly”, which was part of Lindelea’s group story “To Tell a Tale”.
Summary: Young Bilbo has a

Comments

[nancylea57]

and from such gloriously painted memories are history made, thanks for weilding your palette so carefully.

[dreamflower02]

Thank you, dear! What a lovely comment!

[shirebound]

Wonderful! This brings new life to Bilbo's greeting to Gandalf at the beginning of The Hobbit. I like the idea of Gandalf feeling that Bilbo is remarkable at such an early age, as he will later come to feel the same about Frodo.

[dreamflower02]

I like to think that Gandalf had a little bit of foresight there, about Gerontius' Baggins grandson!

I'm glad you liked it!

[the_arc5]

Mmm... I liked it very much. You've brought to life an interesting persona that only gets a brief mention in canon, and I really like thinking about how far back Gandalf's "love for the halflings" goes. Nice!

[dreamflower02]

I've always thought that Gandalf and Gerontius must have had a wonderful friendship--after all, he's the only person I know of who ever received a magical gift from the Wizard (those mysterious shirt-studs).

[dreamflower02]

I could see Gandalf, examining Bilbo, and seeing that special Tookish spark in him, and having a bit of foreknowledge about him.

[lindahoyland]

A delightful story.