All Gold

[altariel]

Golden toys with keys and wheels that whirred.

All Gold

Emyn Arnen, F.A. 5

He was standing by our Elf-friend at the far end of the garden. Absolutely and completely no doubt about it, this was—

“A giant!” gasped Bron.

“Stupid! He’s not as tall as Papa!”

“But his beard!”

“He’s hardly as tall as you!”

There was lots of grown-up talk about metal and gates and things, but there were toys for both of us too, golden toys with keys and wheels that whirred. Bron got an eagle that flew. I got a dragon that puffed and roared. And there was a sun-and-moon-twisting-thing which didn’t make sense until much later when Léof arrived.

Comments

[altariel.livejournal.com]

"You do speak some Swedish as well, don't you?", perfectly seriously -- and all in Swedish. *grin*

Aw, bless her!

I'm glad they sound about right. They're a bit older than 3 and a half, so I'm probably stretching their responses a bit, but Bron is still small enough that Gimli would loom over him. And in Bron-World Bigger Person + Beard = Giant.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I was just about to say it made perfect sense to her brother as well and he is one year older, when I realized that actually I have got her age wrong! I keep forgetting that we are in 2011. So my niece is actually 4 and a half, and her brother is 5 and a half.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Phew, that's closer to the ages of the kids in the drabble!