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fileg ([personal profile] fileg) wrote2009-06-25 05:38 am
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Drabble: Orange

An extra drabble for the orange challenge at [livejournal.com profile] tolkien_weekly
All of Arda belongs to the Professor. I am just a traveller.



The Watcher


The trunk of the great pine sheltered the remains of a fire, banked to embers. Its curling roots held gently snoring sleepers, each rolled up in a homespun cloak with his head cradled on his pack as a rough pillow.

A pair of deep green eyes observed them from the shadow of a neighboring tree.

When the watcher was sure they were asleep, he crept forward a little, sniffing the air for a scent of leftovers. But as the sleepers were hobbits, none were to be found so the fox stretched, his tawny fur gleaming like the fire, and moved on.

[identity profile] rakshi.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
I could almost smell the forest air and hear the crickets chirping.

Beautifully done!!

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
(My goodness, you are up early!)

Thank you!

[identity profile] rakshi.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
I KNOW! I'm up this early every day for work. A drag! Thank goodness I retire a year from now.

You're so welcome. Thank YOU for a marvelous moment.

[identity profile] cousinshelley.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
What a beautiful little bite.

But as the sleepers were hobbits, none were to be found

hehe!

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
That was the thought that let me get to the fox!

[identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh - pretty! I can just see it.

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! That fox always fascinates me.
shirebound: (Did someone say hobbit?)

[personal profile] shirebound 2009-06-25 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
sniffing the air for a scent of leftovers. But as the sleepers were hobbits, none were to be found

That's a cute detail. :)

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] just-ann-now.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 11:43 am (UTC)(link)
Wonderfully visual, as always! I love the detail sniffing the air for a scent of leftovers.

his tawny fur gleaming like the fire
So lovely!

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I love that fox, and I wanted to do something that wasn't about light, since I am headed there again.

[identity profile] shebit.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
No leftovers when there are hobbits involved, that's for sure.

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
Not a crumb!

[identity profile] the-reverand.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful! Really lovely. "Gently snoring sleepers", the lack of leftovers (of course!), and the last line in particular.

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
I was so glad to get a chance to use that fox!
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[identity profile] jay-of-lasgalen.livejournal.com 2009-06-25 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I love this! The fox who came across the hobbits on their first night away from home. And I *love* the observation that the hobbits left no leftovers!

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
The very foxy-whiskered gentleman himself.

[identity profile] lindahoyland.livejournal.com 2009-06-26 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
I just loved this. I have a soft spot for Tolkien's fox.

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I love the fox, too. Tolkien's woods are teeming with life.
dreamflower: gandalf at bag end (Default)

[personal profile] dreamflower 2009-06-26 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw...I have always been rather fond of that fox...

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
He must have seen many strande things that fall

[identity profile] foxrafer.livejournal.com 2009-06-27 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely visuals in this piece. I like it a lot.

[identity profile] fileg.livejournal.com 2009-06-28 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much!