b2mem | O70 - Necessity is...

B2MeM Challenge: Alternate viewpoints: A Long-Expected Party; Scientific achievement: Pulley
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Hobbits
Summary: Their dedication would have astonished their parents.

Necessity is...

It wasn’t only the smaller hobbit-children curious as to what treasures were hidden in the grounds of Bag End. Many of the tweens (who should have known better) were also excited, and some of the more adventurous applied themselves with a dedication that would have astonished their parents (and perhaps encouraged them). Alas for these young explorers that their inventiveness (the wood and ropes having been borrowed from Old Noakes’ shed) came to naught, and the vanguard of their assault on the garden wall (Master Everard Took) was met by two business-like dwarves who promptly escorted him off the premises...