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'

Which

question

shall

I

answer

first

?

'

said

Pippin

.

'

My

father

farms

the

lands

round

Whitwell

near

Tuckborough

in

the

Shire

.

I

am

nearly

twenty-nine

,

so

I

pass

you

there

;

though

I

am

but

four

feet

,

and

not

likely

to

grow

any

more

,

save

sideways

.

'

'

Twenty-nine

!

'

said

the

lad

and

whistled

.

'

Why

,

you

are

quite

old

!

As

old

as

my

uncle

Iorlas

.

Still

,

'

he

added

hopefully

,

'

I

wager

I

could

stand

you

on

your

head

or

lay

you

on

your

back

.

'

'

Maybe

you

could

,

if

I

let

you

,

'

said

Pippin

with

a

laugh

.

'

And

maybe

I

could

do

the

same

to

you

:

we

know

some

wrestling

tricks

in

my

little

country

.

Where

,

let

me

tell

you

,

I

am

considered

uncommonly

large

and

strong

;

and

I

have

never

allowed

anyone

to

stand

me

on

my

head

.

So

if

it

came

to

a

trial

and

nothing

else

would

serve

,

I

might

have

to

kill

you

.

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For

when

you

are

older

,

you

will

learn

that

folk

are

not

always

what

they

seem

;

and

though

you

may

have

taken

me

for

a

soft

stranger-lad

and

easy

prey

,

let

me

warn

you

:

I

am

not

,

I

am

a

halfling

,

hard

,

bold

,

and

wicked

!

'

Pippin

pulled

such

a

grim

face

that

the

boy

stepped

back

a

pace

,

but

at

once

he

returned

with

clenched

fists

and

the

light

of

battle

in

his

eye

.

'

No

!

'

Pippin

laughed

.

'

Do

n't

believe

what

strangers

say

of

themselves

either

!

I

am

not

a

fighter

.

But

it

would

be

politer

in

any

case

for

the

challenger

to

say

who

he

is

.

'

The

boy

drew

himself

up

proudly

.

'

I

am

Bergil

son

of

Beregond

of

the

Guards

,

'

he

said

.

'

So

I

thought

,

'

said

Pippin

,

'

for

you

look

like

your

father

.

I

know

him

and

he

sent

me

to

find

you

.

'

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'

Then

why

did

you

not

say

so

at

once

?

'

said

Bergil

,

and

suddenly

a

look

of

dismay

came

over

his

face

.

'

Do

not

tell

me

that

he

has

changed

his

mind

,

and

will

send

me

away

with

the

maidens

!

But

no

,

the

last

wains

have

gone

.

'

'

His

message

is

less

bad

than

that

,

if

not

good

.

'

said

Pippin

.

'

He

says

that

if

you

would

prefer

it

to

standing

me

on

my

head

,

you

might

show

me

round

the

City

for

a

while

and

cheer

my

loneliness

.

I

can

tell

you

some

tales

of

far

countries

in

return

.

'

Bergil

clapped

his

hands

,

and

laughed

with

relief

.

'

All

is

well

,

'

he

cried

.

'

Come

then

!

We

were

soon

going

to

the

Gate

to

look

on

.

We

will

go

now

.

'

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