Common As Muck - by Elwen of the Hidden Valley

[elwendell]

B2MeM Prompt:I20. Card:40 Concerning Hobbits. Harfoots
Format:drabble
Genre:Gen
Rating:gen
Warnings:none
Characters:A Hobbit
Pairings:none
Creator’s Notes (optional):none
Summary:Everyone has a value.


Tolkien owns the Shire and every hobbit in it.

COMMON AS MUCK

“Common as muck” I've heard some call Harfoots. Mayhap we are, but t'was Harfoots as was first writ in family lists. We're not so clever as them Fallowhides, with their book learnin', and we don't use outlandish words and take to boats, like them Stoors, but we're the ones as puts food on the table.

In my eyes, tis just as well we're common as muck, or the Shire would starve. Ma used to say, “Everyone got a place in life. Fallowhides tell when to plant, but tis Harfoot hands as digs taters and all Hobbits as eats 'em.”

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Comments

[shirebound]

Wonderful. This is so very Tolkien!

[elwendell]

Thanks! I used a more Yorkshire accent than the master, but I claim fanfic writer's licence.

[kayleearafinwiel]

Oh, I love your Harfoots! (Harfeet? *snickers at Odo Proudfoot*) I can just hear one of Sam's relatives having this conversation!

[elwendell]

I confess...Proudfoot/feet occurred to me too :)

[erulissedances]

Such a wonderful reminder that we are all of value in society. Very hobbity!

- Erulisse (one L)

[elwendell]

We need all strata to make a society work.

[grundyscribbling]

Very nice!

[elwendell]

Thanks. :)

[elleth]

Very hobbity both in word choice and attitude!

[elwendell]

Thanks. :) It helps that I was born and bred in Yorkshire.