The Seafarers' Tree [Bilbo, Aragorn] G

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Title: The Seafarers' Tree
By: HF
Work: Lord of the Rings, references to Silmarillion
Rating/Warnings: None
Pairings: None
Disclaimer: The genius is Tolkien's.

Notes: Sequel to The Mother of Day. Answers to Bilbo's riddle are contained herein.

Comments

[ribby]

I too adore the progression to an older, wiser Strider... lovely! And I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't get a single one of the trees correct... not that I was thinking that hard, mind. *sheepish grin*

And this makes me giggle: Bilbo peered up at the Ranger. I can just see Bilbo craning his neck to see the tall Man...

~Kris

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I can just see Bilbo craning his neck to see the tall Man...

It's such an odd mental image... a four foot-ish hobbit craning his neck to look a fairly tall Numenorean in the eye. Though I think Aragorn would kneel or bend down out of consideration :)

[shebit]

Ah, Aragorn is no longer a cute little child, but a wise - and well travelled - lord of the Dunedain.

Very nice.

I'm quite proud of myself for getting most of the answers right - the only ones I missed were the holly and Nimloth. 4/6 isn't too shoddy.

< Elvish pedant mode>
The plural of 'mallorn' is 'mellryn'. The first 'a' transmutes to 'e', just as it does from adan to edain. The o, becomes y, as in 'amon' becoming 'emyn', so it should technically be 'mellyrn', but those sensible, lyrical elves (and Tolkien) decided that was horrible so it became 'mellryn'
< /Elvish pedant mode>

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If Aragorn only knew . . .

*bounce* I know! Which makes it even better :)

[tartanshell]

I remembered the first drabble and went looking for it today, and found sequels! Hooray! :)

Lovely. I absolutely adore your Bilbo.