Safe-keeping

[altariel]

And another. What's left behind, after the war.



Safe-keeping

Ithilien, in the Fourth Age

Elboron was the finder, although he fell upon the treasure by accident, crashing through rotting planks of wood, landing solidly upon the damp dark earth below.

“Bron…?” I called down anxiously, fearing broken bones.

But my brother had struck gold: curved swords in pocked scabbards; broken trinkets; a tarnished serpent crest. Best of all, the bones themselves, still clothed in raggedy red. Spoils of war. Who, we wondered. How?

We took Léof there when he was bigger. He fingered our finds thoughtfully, and listened with respect to our grave stories. But we never told Father. It would only worry him.

Comments

[furius.livejournal.com]

You write the best of Middle-earth, after the Long and before the New Shadow.

These drabbles always make me feel strangely at peace. Reading them and remembering LotR only make these stories somehow even more..hopeful. I love that these children can be curious, exploring, and with adults understanding them.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you, very much.

I love writing these children, and their perceptions and growing understanding of their parents.

[wormwood-7.livejournal.com]

I like the way these children are written. The last line especially struck a chord. Children really do consider their parents to a surprising degree. That is my own experience too.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Yes, I agree, children can be very insightful about protecting parents.