VISTAS BY ELWEN OF THE HIDDEN VALLEY

[elwendell]

B2MeM Prompt:o60(nature in the valley) Card:Rivendell and Number:160
Format:drabble
Genre:gen
Rating:gen
Warnings:none
Characters:Sam Gamgee
Pairings:none
Creator’s Notes (optional)none
Summary:I am imagining Rivendell as a U shaped glacial valley



VISTAS

Sam draped a cloak warmly over Frodo's dozing form, and looked out across the valley. Master Elrond knew what he was about, settling here. The huge, rambling house clung to one hillside, leaving a broad, flat, valley bottom to cereal crops and herd beasts.

Fat cows trawled the flood meadows and thickly fleeced sheep grazed higher slopes, below the treeline. There was fish in the river, game in the woods, and mountains protected from the worst of the weather.

He could see why Mister Bilbo liked it, but Sam longed for the rolling hills and open vistas of the Shire.

END

Comments

[erulissedances]

As a wise woman said long ago: "There's no place like home. There's no place like home."

Lovely!

- Erulisse (one L)

[elwendell]

Lol! I'm not sure the red slippers would fit Sam.

[shirebound]

What a lovely glimpse of Rivendell, and of Sam's heart.

[elwendell]

Sam is a country lad at heart. Dramatic scenery doesn't impress him much. :)

[starspray]

Ohh what a lovely picture you've painted here of the valley!

[elwendell]

It's amazing that Tolkien could draw such a clear picture for us, with such economy of word.

[kayleearafinwiel]

Oh, what a beautiful picture of Imladris you've given us, Elwen! I love it. :) But of course Sam would still long for home!

[elwendell]

I think that for Sam, there will never be anywhere better than the Shire.

[lindahoyland]

A lovely insight into Sam and a great description of Rivendell.

[elwendell]

Sam is a real home body. He would never settle for a life outside the Shire. In later life he sailed West, but I suspect that was only for Frodo's sake.