Drabble: Dream of Numenor

[fileg]

The other brother wanted his turn.....



Title:Dream of Numenor
Characters: little Faramir
Book/Source: LotR
Everything belongs to the professor and his estate. I am grateful for the chance to be here.

for the prompt: swimming at tolkien_weekly


Dream of Numenor


His bedroom windows were wide to let in the cool breezes off the sea. Did that bring the dream to him?

He stood looking west, hypnotized by the sight and sound of the great roaring wave rushing toward him, lifting itself far above the island – almost, it seemed, far above the moon. Then nothing but darkness.

Darkness remained when he woke. Getting out of bed he climbed up to look out his window, until he was calmed at last watching all the stars shining on the sea.

“Uncle Imrahil,” he said at breakfast, “I would like to learn to swim.”

Comments

[alphien.livejournal.com]

I love your descriptions here. They sort of ebb and flow, and then we get to the bit of dialogue at the end--very good.

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

That's great. So very much how I can imagine the young Faramir.

[kortirion.livejournal.com]

Pragmatic and positive... and very brave, the perfect Faramir defined in a drabble!

Very good to read from you again, I hope this toe in the water was the nudge you needed. *g*

[basric.livejournal.com]

Neatly done.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

What a lovely drabble. It shows Faramir's quality and courage even as a boy.

[stultiloquentia.livejournal.com]

I love him in this -- how he doesn't brush the dream (or the fear) aside, but calmly and pragmatically finds a way to master it.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

It never hurts to be prepared.....

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

A sensible lad - to cope practically with the inherited persistence of dreams.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Ah, the dream we know he experienced more than once, and then the practical plan to deal with it, following the contemplation of the calm sea lit by the brilliant stars. I love this glimpse of Faramir as a youngling.

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of dreams of Numenor drifting on the sea breezes. And how poignant, that he calms down by watching the stars on the sea. Beautiful!