Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
S'ok with me, I've been busy lately, but now I'm not so overworked. (I am also in a really good mood today since I located some MP3s I've been looking for. You know how hard it is to find songs in Japanese that even anime fans don't know about?)
I hope everyone is in a better mood than earlier? Maybe it's just the weather here, but I feel very cheerful. If you aren't, I can give you quick pick-up suggestions, but they aren't for everyone...
I am feeling serious but not blue... Dan and I dug pretty deep into some dusty areas that I hadn't visited in awhile, but we never got around to convicting or acquitting Mr. GK!
Leaving for my meeting in a few minutes... Then need to buy hay and bedding for horses and get that home and unloaded. See you all later after all that!
In the morning, as they were beginning to pack their slender goods, Elves that could speak their tongue came to them and brought them many gifts of food and clothing for the journey. The food was mostly in the form of very thin cakes, made of a meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the colour of cream. Gimli took up one of the cakes and looked at it with a doubtful eye.`Cram,' he said under his breath, as he broke off a crisp corner and nibbled at it. His expression quickly changed, and he ate all the rest of the cake with relish.
`No more, no more!' cried the Elves laughing. `You have eaten enough already for a long day's march.'
`I thought it was only a kind of cram, such as the Dale-men make for journeys in the wild,' said the Dwarf.
`So it is,' they answered. `But we call it lembas or waybread, and it is more strengthening than any food made by Men, and it is more pleasant than cram, by all accounts.'
`Indeed it is,' said Gimli. 'Why it is better than the honey-cakes of the Beornings, and that is great praise, for the Beornings are the best bakers that I know of; but they are none too willing to deal out their cakes to travellers in these days. You are kindly hosts! '
'All the same, we bid you spare the food,' they said. 'Eat little at a time, and only at need. For these things are given to serve you when all else fails. The cakes will keep sweet for many many days, if they are unbroken and left in their leaf-wrappings, as we have brought them. One will keep a traveller on his feet for a day of long labour, even if he be one of the tall Men of Minas Tirith.'
'Praised be the bow of Galadriel, and the hand and eye of Legolas! ' said Gimli, as he munched a wafer of lembas. 'That was a mighty shot in the dark, my friend!'Next quote:
'Low,' said Merry. 'We ran off with nothing but a couple of spare packets of lembas, and left everything else behind.' They looked at what remained of the elven-cakes: broken fragments for about five meagre days, that was all. 'And not a wrap or a blanket,' said Merry. 'We shall be cold tonight, whichever way we go.'
Confusing... it is described as cake and as a wafer.....
If anyone can think of anything to chat about, I'll be there!
It sounds so good, I wish I had one right now! Bet they'd be great with a cup of coffee!
I had forgotton that most of the Lothlorien elves could not speak the Common Speech. Haldir was a sort of border guard, on duty, watching out for Orcs and Saruman knows what else. No wonder they seemed so stand-offish.
MadIvan, I know that you are not one of us fans of Professor Tolkien, but could you help us Hobbits out on this?
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