A business trip to the Hobbiton Fair yields more than one enchanting sight for a curious Hobbit from Greenholm.
Abruptly, his breath catches, his heart jumps wildly.
Wondrously fair...?
There is indeed a glorious tree, shimmering in the sun – but it seems mere backdrop for the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen: She sits under the canopy, a blossom, golden as her hair, twirling past day-dreaming eyes.
‘Fair as an elf-maid,’ Fastred thinks, dazed. ‘And I’m under her spell...’
A/N:
- “Well, Sam, what about elanor, the sun-star, you remember the little golden flower in the grass of Lothlórien?” (RotK, The Grey Havens)
- “[Elanor] became known as as “the Fair” because of her beauty; many said that she looked more like an elf-maid than a hobbit. She had golden hair, which had been very rare in the Shire...” (RotK, Appendix B, The Tale of Years, FN 1)
31.07.08
- “Well, Sam, what about elanor, the sun-star, you remember the little golden flower in the grass of Lothlórien?” (RotK, The Grey Havens)
- “[Elanor] became known as as “the Fair” because of her beauty; many said that she looked more like an elf-maid than a hobbit. She had golden hair, which had been very rare in the Shire...” (RotK, Appendix B, The Tale of Years, FN 1)
31.07.08